There are people in the community who stand as pillars for all of us.
They are the ones who have led the way in health and other obstacles that we, as people living with cystic fibrosis and transplant know are in our future. They conquered it showing us what is possible in the future that lies before us. Showing us that strength in our weakest moments is possible while also lending their knowledge and support to anyone who is walking in those same shoes. Giving us hope for a future that isn’t perfect by no means but better then the hell we see in our day to day struggles.
They become our inspiration and that story where we say “but so and so did it” and I can do it too. They become our hero’s and the face of something better through the struggles and tragedies.
And then as quickly and quietly as they become our inspiration, they become our angels leaving us heartbroken trying to understand so many questions that we will never understand. Showing us that there is beauty in the fight and winning isn’t always old age but being able to lay surrounded by the ones we love who have given us the most support and simply being loved in our final moments. Taking our final breathes…the ones we struggled all our lives for to simply leave this world and move along to the next. Being greeted by all who went before us. Friends and family gathered as we enter the life we only dreamed about, living the life of true bliss.
These are the people who make this community what it is. Something we never asked for but here we are together deep in the midst of some of our hardest battles
Angels among us.
