COURAGE BEFORE THE OPERATING ROOM š

She once asked for prayers⦠but today, she is asking for something deeperācourage. š
Lying in a hospital bed, wearing a simple āUSAā tank top and a neck brace she can barely stand anymore, she faces a moment that feels bigger than anything she has ever endured. For years, a visible condition on her face has followed her like a shadowāaffecting not just how she looks, but how she feels every time she meets someoneās eyes.
She has fought through treatments, through doubt, through days where hope felt distant. And now, the moment she has been waiting for is finally here. Tomorrow, she will walk into an operating room with the possibility of change⦠and the weight of fear. š
Because surgery is not just a procedure.
It is the unknown.
It is the moment of surrenderāwhen anesthesia takes over, when control slips away, when questions echo louder than reassurance:
What if it doesnāt work?
What if something goes wrong?
What if I wake up and donāt recognize myself anymore?
Today, she is not pretending to be fearless.
She is not hiding behind strength.
Today, she is simply being honest. š¤
In a handwritten note, she asks for āamenāānot as a ritual, but as a lifeline. A way to feel that even as she walks into that room alone⦠she is not truly alone.
