💛 Grace in the Storm — Lilah’s Fight Against Brain Cancer

There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after.
For our family, that moment came on the day our sweet 19-month-old daughter, Lilah, had a seizure.

It was February 24th.
I was in the hospital giving birth to our baby boy.
One life beginning — another suddenly fighting to stay.

While I was still in my hospital bed, my phone rang.

It was my husband’s voice on the other end — shaky, scared.
He told me Lilah had been rushed to the emergency room after a seizure that wouldn’t stop.

Doctors ran tests. Scans. And then came the words that shattered everything we thought we knew about safety and normalcy:

“There’s a mass in her brain.”

Our baby — not even two years old — had a brain tumor.

She was transferred immediately to a children’s hospital.
There, an MRI confirmed what every parent prays never to hear — it was a tumor.

We spent the night on hospital chairs, whispering prayers and bargaining with the universe.

On March 3rd, our tiny girl — her hair still smelling like baby shampoo — went in for brain surgery.

She was so small on that hospital bed, surrounded by wires and machines, but somehow she looked peaceful.
Maybe she knew what we didn’t — that she was stronger than any of us could imagine.

The surgery lasted for hours.
Every second felt like an eternity.

And then, finally, the doctor walked in.

“We got it all,” he said gently.
“The entire tumor has been removed.”

I remember collapsing into my husband’s arms — tears of relief, exhaustion, and fear mixing together.

Lilah’s recovery was nothing short of miraculous.
Within days, she was opening her eyes, reaching for her stuffed bunny, babbling softly like nothing had happened.

The nurses called her “the little fighter.”

But then the results came back.

The tumor was Grade 4 — the most aggressive kind.
Rare. Fast-growing. Unpredictable.

The words hung heavy in the air.

It wasn’t over.
The surgery had removed the tumor, yes — but the fight was only beginning.

There’s no manual for this kind of news.
No roadmap for parents told that their child has the fastest-growing form of brain cancer.

We sat together in silence for a long time.
Then my husband reached for my hand and whispered, “We’ll fight. Every day. Every breath.”

So that’s what we’re doing.

We don’t know what the future holds.

There will be treatments, tests, scans, and sleepless nights ahead.
There will be fear, yes — but also faith.

Because faith is what gets you up when the ground has fallen away.

Faith is what keeps you breathing when you want to scream.
Faith is what keeps you hoping when doctors use words like “aggressive” and “uncertain.”

To honor Lilah’s fight — and to help remind ourselves of the light in all this darkness — my husband and I designed a t-shirt for her.

We wanted something simple but powerful.

We decided not to put her full name on it, but we included her middle name — Grace.
Because grace is exactly what she embodies.

Grace through fear.
Grace through pain.
Grace through the unimaginable.

Every time I see that word printed across the front, I think of her smile — small but fierce — lighting up the hospital room.

I think of the way she reaches for her brother’s hand, even as she battles a disease far too big for someone so little.

We’re selling the shirts now, not just as a fundraiser, but as a way for people to carry a piece of her spirit with them.

To remind the world that even in the hardest storms, grace can still shine through.

If you’d like to stand with her — with us — the link to order is on my page.

Lilah’s journey has already changed us forever.
She’s taught us what real strength looks like — the kind that comes wrapped in tiny pajamas and curls up in your lap asking for apple juice.
She’s taught us to appreciate the smallest things: the sound of her laugh, the weight of her body when she falls asleep in our arms, the simple gift of one more morning together.

We don’t know what tomorrow will bring.
But we know this — we won’t stop fighting for her.
We won’t stop praying for healing, for mercy, for miracles.

Please, if you’re reading this, keep our little girl in your prayers.
Pray for her doctors, for wisdom and steady hands.
Pray for her body, that it continues to heal and grow stronger.
And pray for our hearts — that we can keep finding grace even in the hardest moments. 💛

One day, when she’s older, I’ll tell Lilah how many people wore her name.
How many strangers whispered her name in their prayers.
How many hearts she touched before she could even spell her own.

Until then, we’ll keep holding her close.
We’ll keep believing in miracles.
And we’ll keep reminding ourselves that even in the darkest valleys, our little girl — our Grace — is the brightest light we’ve ever known.

🕊️ Please keep Lilah in your thoughts and prayers — for healing, for hope, and for strength for every step ahead.