Jazmin came into Cindy's life like a breath of fresh air, talking about healing and miracles. Cindy didn't know how to tell her that she had stopped believing in such things long ago.
Twenty-five years earlier, Cindy had boarded the "miracle train," hoping that God would heal her young son from severe autism. When that miracle didn't come, she stepped off, carrying only bitterness. While God eventually healed her heart, her faith in miracles never returned.
From the moment her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, Jazmin, was diagnosed with terminal adrenal cancer, Jazmin was steadfast in her belief: she was holding out for a miracle from God.
Cindy wasn't sure she had the strength to live in a world of hope again. In fact, she made it her mission to help Jazmin accept the reality that she might not get her miracle-that death might come without any divine intervention.
But then, God did something unexpected. He invited Cindy to reopen her heart, to unpack her suitcase of grief and doubt, and to help Jazmin live each day believing in miracles. Through fundraisers, prayer chains, hospital visits, and deep conversations about faith, Jazmin taught Cindy that living a fragile life is not about waiting for the end-it's about holding onto hope, every single day.
Suitcases from Heaven: A Mother's Journey of Hope through Her Daughter-in-law's Cancer is an inspiring story for caregivers and cancer warriors alike, reminding us all that our lives are not in the hands of doctors or diagnoses, but in the loving hands of God-where hope and miracles can still happen, even in the hardest of times.
