Friday, March 27th 2015 J.t. Hardin passed away. J.t. had leukemia and was only 24 years old. We met when we were doing chemotherapy together and were the only younger people there. Because of that, J.t. has always had a special place in my heart. After learning about his passing, yesterday was very hard for me. While I was at work, an older lady came in the store. It was obvious she was battling cancer as well. She just began telling me her story and in return I told her mine. She is battling multiple myeloma, which is the same cancer my grandaddy had. As we were talking, she shared with me about the past year she had. She went into remission but then came down with pneumonia causing the cancer to come back, she lost her daughter to a heart attack, her son-in-law to cancer, and two of her siblings. I proceeded to tell her about J.t. passing away Friday. As we are both sitting in the store crying with people all around us, she said, “I don’t know how much longer I have but I don’t think it will be long. One thing is for sure though, God has blessed me with the life He has given me. Man can’t tell us how much time we have left on earth, only God can decide that.” That statement has really stuck with me. As I’ve been struggling with J.t.’s passing, I’ve thought about how easily that could’ve been me. But like that sweet lady reminded me, I’m surrounded by blessings in my life and everything is right in God’s timing and with His reasons. Please continue to pray for his family!
June 1, 2016
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