Home from Mexico, Katie Hubbard was beginning a new alternative therapy for cancer that left her feeling pretty bad. She had gone through all the traditional regimens of chemo and radiation, and she was searching for any alternative that might extend her life for the sake of her kids. Though none of us knew it at the time, her systems were already beginning to slow down in advance of her death.

You can hear in her journal how badly she wanted something to work. She wasn't afraid of death for herself, but for others. May we all find ourselves in the same place someday, longing to stay on earth for the good of others but confident of eternal life when this one ends.