This is a snip from an article about a friend of ours.  She is a strong woman who always has a smile on her face.  Please pray for her and her family.  You can also encourage her on Facebook.

FEDERAL WAY — Heather Sugg sits on the Beamer High School bench and touches her temple.

A headache inches closer, but she has no time for it or that irritating lethargy her medication causes. A grimace quickly melts into a grin and Sugg puts her hands to better use, clapping encouragement to her Beamer High School girls basketball team.

“Good job! Keep fighting!”

An early 7-1 lead over league-leading Bethel on Tuesday night faded away, and the Titans are tumbling toward their 15th loss of the season. Sugg is reduced to cheerleader, handing over her head-coaching duties to Dave Cox.

But sitting’s not her thing. She’s a foot-stomper, a pacer, a picture of perpetual motion.

Before they found the brain tumor, that is.

Heather Sugg, 36, a wife and mother of four, is suddenly in the fight of her life. The astrocytomas tumor, located in her left temporal lobe, is cancerous. And inoperable.

And in typical style, Sugg has a simple message for it as she readies for her first radiation treatment next week: Bring it on!

Read the rest of the article at the Seattle Times.

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