My mother is needing a little bit more strength than I can provide these days. She is starting to feel the strain of loosing my Dad to Cancer. She has done so much for others and has taken care of so many even through her own struggles. She has put everything aside when someone needs it. Right now she is the one who needs it. She needs someone or something to help her find that smile again. It would be nice for her to have some peace of mind and some of her dreams recognized.

I'm finding I need a little more strength these days. The past 20 years have been a strenuous journey and It's taking it's tool on my faith which has always been the strongest thing about me. I know the journey of life is not meant to be easy but it would nice to find that break to be able to rekindle what has always been innate in my soul. Just a moment to adjust the cross so I can carry it farther is all I ask.

It seems that in my life as soon as there might be a glimmer of hope there is a black cloud that comes along and shadows over everything. I know that life isn't supposed to be easy and I am not asking that it is. I just am asking for that glimmer of hope to shine through long enough for me to figure a way out of all this mess. I can fix this but I need help and guidance. Without a beacon to show me the way I will become lost as this is just all too much to work through alone. Please send an angel of hope.

For such a long time I've struggled trying to make heads or tails of what is real when it comes to romantic relationships. I find that I am giving up on my biggest dreams because of the lies and manipulations of those I have encountered in the past. I know that this state that I was left in was not the reality of things. I also know that going through it was crucial to my understanding and learning in life. What I do not know is how to find the faith that I will recognize the truths when they are presented to me. I ask for help in finding the signs that I know God has placed on my life path.

I am sitting here on the verge of crying. All I ever wanted was to have a simple life. I never asked for much. I just wanted to grow up and find someone who would love me for who I was; To find a job I was happy with and to buy a house and have a family. It seems that God wanted something else however. I accept that but the struggle of all the insanity that comes up with it tears me apart. I could use just a little help with prayer to get me past this. I need to move on with my life. This has been long enough.

A friend of mine needs a bit of extra help. He is a good man who needs a little bit more support than he can give himself right now. He has asked for his friends prayers and now I ask for yours. Please help send a thousand angels to watch over him and give him strength to get through this no matter what the outcome.

Here is his request.

"I have a Prayer request. Tomorrow, I have to have surgery to remove a recurring tumor from my left sinus cavity. It's been about 2 1/2 years since the last go at it, but the last 6 months have been persistent left-sided headaches, eye and neck pain. I Pray for God to watch over and guide my Surgeons and Care-givers and that the resection will be complete and benign. May His Will be done. In Jesus' name, Amen"