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Norma's Promise

Norma McCulough White is a very special woman.... She is a fighter, she is strong. She is a mother, she is gentle. She is compassionate & caring. Much like the rest of her family she has a heart of gold and would give you the shirt from her back even if it was all she had. I am blessed to call her family! When I met my husband, I was introduced to some of the most genuinely kind people I had ever met & now they are my family too. Norma has inspired me to be a better person, she has inspired me to look on things that truly matter and at the end of the day that's family!

Norma is a name that is familiar to most people I know because for months I have asked everyone I knew to pray for her. Norma was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer sometime in February I think. I will never forget my mother in law telling me at the airport after Ashton's wedding. I never once through this remember Norma showing an ounce of fear or doubt that she wasn't going to overcome! My mother in law Pam & her sister Barbara remained positive and encouraged because that's all any of us could really do. Norma is like a sister to Pam & Barbara which is why we all know her as "Aunt Norma" even though she is their cousin.
Norma began chemo shortly after being diagnosed and not long after the doctors told her it wasn't changing anything so they would go forward with surgery. A little over a week ago Norma had her surgery & the tumor was 6lbs!! My husband & I went to visit her and pray on Sunday evening because she was having a few complications that were preventing her from coming home. As we left the hospital we were talking about how tough Norma was. I looked up and saw a rainbow & told Michael that was Norma's Promise that she was going to come through. The next day my mother in law told us Norma was going home & the prayers worked.



However silly you may think a rainbow in the sky seems in this story... I truly believe it was a sign to our family! Norma is a trooper & she is going to continue fighting as we continue to support her & pray for complete healing.

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