When you spend your childhood fighting for your life things are put into perspective. You begin to see things for what they truly are and you become less concerned with the trivial things that we really should not be worried with anyhow.Miss Sydney Hedges taught us these things in the way she lived her life. She was a bright spot of sunshine that helped us to see the importance of finding the good in ever day.
I am not even sure that she realized the gift she was giving each one of us as we watched her live her life. It was not an easy life that she lived but she choose to find the good... everyday.
Sydney was blessed with a family that loved her well. Not everyone has the benefit of a family who loves them trough each part of their journey, but she did. Not only did they love her, encourage her, stand by her, but they went with her through her journey and choose to be an encouragement to others instead of being consumed by the struggles they faced.
I believe that they also do not realize the impact that they have made on our lives. As we have watched this amazing family put aside their own situation and their own struggles and help others we have been so encouraged by them and their story.
This family embraced the fact that their new family normal did not include what we all consider as normal. They instead faced doctors, treatment, remission, setbacks, and things that we would never even consider as normal, but as life goes on and they strived to give their child as many milestones as possible.
We laughed with then, cried with them, and did our best to be supportive, but the most amazing thing happened... they became a support to others and went out of their way to bring bits of joy to the lives of others who were struggling with things of their own.
So, Find the Good in Everyday... be the smile someone needs, the kind word they need to hear, the joy that we all so desperately need.
