This is Iulia, my sweetheart. Most days she was the only reason that I went to the hospital. She was there the whole four months and she had no family. Since she was in constant pain, it was sometimes hard to spend time with her, but man did that girl teach me! She had the sweetest spirit and she absolutely refused to give up. Her courage and perseverance would inspire even the most hardened hearts. She ended up not making it in the end, but her spirit will always be with all of us. Romania teaches you a lot about God's love, about people, but most of all it teaches you about life and death, about the reality and joy that is the plan of salvation, and about the wonderful peace that comes with knowing that death is not the end, that there is a spiritual paradise, and that this veil of tears is nothing but a test that we must pass through on our way to eternal life.