“Faith Will See Us Through.” The words were engraved on a plaque on the wall of the hospital chemotherapy center where my husband, John, got his treatment. Good advice, but faith wasn’t always so easy to hold onto.
Shopping for last-minute Christmas gifts I felt my worries begin to take over. It was hard to watch my husband go through this. I stopped right there in the aisle of the gift store and looked down at my empty palm.
It was a little trick I’d devised for moments like these. When I felt overwhelmed I imagined the word faith written on my palm. But when I tried it today, the word seemed hazy and dim.
Disappointed, I went back to my shopping. I found a Victorian ornament for my mother-in-law and an angel for my friend Valerie. I headed to the register. There on the counter was a big bowl full of “spirit stones,” polished rocks with words like courage or gratitude engraved on the smooth surface.
I dug through the bowl. I knew the word I needed to find. “I guess you don’t have what I’m looking for,” I said to the clerk.
“Oh!” she said. “Here’s one more.” She reached around and picked up a stone that had fallen on the counter where I couldn’t see. She dropped it in the palm of my hand. It fit as if made just for me. The word engraved on it? Faith.
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