Caterpillars In the Spring

People have said they would pray for her – but God would have been the one giving her the leukemia in the first place. So why would He take it away if people prayed? Maybe as some sick demonstration of His power.

Then, if He’s real, fuck Him.

Even Harlow thinks, in a little girl way, why would God, if there is one, do this to her? Has she done something to deserve it? No, she’s only nine, she can’t have ‘sinned’ too severely yet.
When Joe and Nick's daughter is diagnosed with leukemia at age six, it turns their world upside down. Moving across the country, years of hospital visits, drugs and chemotherapy follow. And the constant fear that it's all going to fail and they're going to lose their baby girl hands over their heads. She's nine now. The only thing they can do is keep a smile on their face, to stay strong for Harlow, and hope.