In A Split Second....

In a split second your whole world can change....
~you could score the game winning goal
~you could share a knowing smile with your spouse
~you could barely avoid an accident

or you could receive a phone call from a lifelong best friend and know in an instant, from the tone of her voice, that her world is falling apart...and wouldn't you know it, the words that you most don't want to hear, that couldn't be possible, come out of her mouth.  The worst word in the English language, the scariest, most unbearable word, accompanied by "my baby."

"They think my baby has cancer."

In a split second, nausea, numbness, tingling, disbelief, dread, anger, heart break, angst, in a split second.

It can't be right, this isn't happening, not to a healthy three year old girl.  They have to have made a mistake. 

In a split second you realize just how far away you are from a lifelong, best friend.  In a split second you know that it doesn't matter what is happening in your life, you will go to her, to hug her, to be with her, to take care of her and her family.  In a split second nothing else matters but fixing this horrible wrong. 

In a split second your whole world can be turned upside down.  In a split second you can realize how lucky you are.  In a split second you can only imagine the hell that she is living in.  In a split second you can realize how helpless you can be.  In a split second you can feel all of the love and support that is surrounding you.