I have been teaching for almost five years now.  In those five years I have dealt with a lot of sadness, heartache and illness.  But it wasn’t until this year that I ever had to deal with a life-threatening disease.  Just before Christmas one of our students was diagnosed with leukemia.  She immediately started chemotherapy and things were looking good…until today.  I just got a call from a fellow teacher and my principal saying that the reports are not looking good.  The cancer has spread to her bones and they have had to significantly increase her medicines  She is still at home, which is positive, but she is about to be a very sick little girl.  I am heart broken for her.  No child deserves to endure such a sickness.  I look at my little MLK and am so thankful she has had a healthy 9 months of life and I hope she remains healthy in the years to come.  It is just hard for me to grapple what this little girl and her family are dealing with.  It is so sad and hard to hear.