thyroid cancer . They operated immediately and found it was encapsulated , so they could remove her thyroid before it spread . She successfully delivered a baby girl on December 26 , 1989 . On April 9 , 2005 , our eleventh grandchild was born . Our family ’ s joy was short-lived because on April 10 , our grandson Brady lost his battle at the age of 15 with a rare disease called cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome . There were only twenty-one cases in the world at that time . Family and friends rallied around us to help us get through this very tough time .
Fifteen years later , in 2020 , our theory of gratitude was tested again as in July our son Brent was diagnosed with large B-cell lymphoma and our daughter Kimberly was diagnosed with double breast cancer . Then , in September I was also diagnosed with large B-cell lymphoma . I am grateful for our health-care system and our dedicated doctors and nurses . I have nothing but gratitude for the many colleagues and friends who reached out to our family in this time of need and especially a few months later when our oldest daughter had a routine scan that showed a malignant tumour on her kidney . Through the wonders of modern medicine , the prayers of hundreds of colleagues and friends , and the love of family , I can report that we are all cancer free at this time . How could we not feel elation and gratitude ?
Take the time to pause , and think of all the things you are grateful for . It is a refreshing experience . Then , tell someone that you love them .
Larry Lambert , a middle child for a while until his sister was born , is a product of the mid-twentieth century . Now in the twenty-first century , Larry and his wife Louise are grateful for life in Canada with family , friends , and colleagues .
Larry Lambert and family
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