So begins Lim Soo Hoon's journey as she discovers that Sam, her 14-year-old-son, is suffering from stage two Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system.
Over the course of two years, amidst numerous trips to the hospital and the everyday details of Sam's chemotherapy treatments, Soo Hoon wrote a fiercely honest series of updates to family and friends, chronicling her struggles and deepest fears.
Through a long journey that is often painful and filled with questions, Soo Hoon and family find strength in faith and the overwhelming support and love from an extended community of friends and schoolmates.
A story of unexpected blessing and small mercies, of how faith can sustain us when hope seems most unlikely, Sam is a testament to the redeeming power of personal belief and familial love.
