By Shades of Spirit Over the past year and a half, I’ve walked through more hospital doors than I ever thought I would. I had two knee replacements, a blessing, but terrifying at the same time. Then my mom was diagnosed with cancer: six weeks of daily radiation, weekly chemo, and the day she finally got home she almost passed out and ended up in the ICU, and two weeks later she passed. This year another family member has been in and out of the hospital for the last two months