What Is The Value of a Life Well-Lived?

“Though she be little, she is fierce” is a line from a Shakespeare play. While I don’t remember the context, it accurately describes the small girl who came into our lives in the spring of 2017 and stole our hearts.

She was tiny and blonde with a smile that lit up a room. She was born with a rare autoimmune disease that would require a stem cell transplant sometime in the future. As volunteers for Make a Wish, we were privileged to work at granting her Disney World wish.

Although most of our cases end when the wish is granted, this child was an exception. Her mother diligently kept a Facebook posting about her progress, and I followed it for the three years following her trip to Disney World.

She and her family constantly remained in my thoughts and prayers during the last six months as the disease progressed rapidly.  She was no stranger to hospitals, needle sticks, isolation, and pain, but she began the battle for her life in October. Both she and her team of specialists fought valiantly but to no avail.

At the end of January, her little body simply gave out, and her indomitable spirit went to be with Jesus.

She was only six.

Throughout these last few months, her mother was sure her life would be a testimony of God’s healing. And, though the testimony was not the healing we had hoped for, it was definitely a testimony.

She was prayed for by farmers and bankers, teachers and preachers, housewives and mothers, coaches and players, a missionary on a foreign field, and too many others to list. Her parents and big sister were examples of faith and strength as they faced one challenge after another. The small town where they lived decorated for Christmas in October, and similar towns, where they previously lived and where her dad had coached, conducted fundraisers. Friends and loved ones sent encouragement daily.

Chemo took her hair but didn’t diminish her smile. Illness sapped her strength, but nothing destroyed her fighting heart. No one will ever know what she has contributed to modern medicine through what the specialists will find by studying her case or what hope will be given to other children with the same disease.

She did not live in vain. Her strength and her family’s faith is indelibly etched on my heart. Her name was Hunsley, and she deserves to be remembered.


“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'” Matthew 19:14 NIV

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Author: Jan Sims

My name is Jan Sims. I am a retired teacher, mother of three, and grandmother of seven. I volunteer for several agencies and hope to do some serious writing. I live with my husband of fifty years and my dog Missy in a small West Texas town. I believe everyday life offers many lessons which change our hearts. I hope to reflect that in this blog and other writing.

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