America Tonight with Kate Delaney: Roy Mack with April Mack, “Walking Through the Shadows”

As a person journeys through life, they go through ups and downs on a daily basis. One day can be better than the others, while one or two could become the worst. Such challenges are bound to come and are a normal part of life. Challenges can range from bearable to unbearable, and nevertheless, the outcome can all depend on how a person deals with it. One person could be struggling with something like tying a shoe to someone getting dropped a heavy bomb, life-changing news that they are now living with a serious disease such as cancer.

In Walking Through the Shadows, a literary work written by Roy Mack and co-authored with April Mack, centers on the life of a person, including his family, who is fighting a terminal disease, specifically cancer on the spleen. As they navigate through a life of hardships, they show through this book that they will not let the shadow of this illness overpower their lives and that they will power through it all because, in life, there is always hope.

What makes Roy Mack’s written work even more amazing is that it is done with the intention to offer words of comfort and/or encouragement to readers, especially to people who are also living and/or fighting off cancer. Cancer can manifest in many ways, it can affect different parts of the body and it can also show side effects in various ways.

As the couple, Roy and April Mack, sit down and have an interview with Kate Delaney on America Tonight, they relive a vulnerable part of their lives and share with both readers and listeners their experience as a family, battling through not just cancer, but other challenges that were and are bound to come into their lives, especially to the person who is affected with the disease.

April recalls the process they went through, from doctor’s appointments to getting ready for the transplant, was undoubtedly a nerve-wracking and sensitive time for everyone, with April emphasizing that she gave up other responsibilities and dedicated her time to being a full-time caretaker to her husband, Roy Mack. In April’s words, the transplant “would take you to the brink of death.”

What makes the interview raw and wonderful is that the book is not only talked about from the point of view of the patient struggling with cancer but also from the eyes and experience of the caretaker, who, for the most part, is dedicating their life to ensuring the well-being of a loved one.

Blessed with multiple gifts, Roy Mack is a gifted Bible teacher, leader, mentor, and speaker. Having stage four cancer, and having gone through a stem cell transplant, and other possible and even expected complications, Walking Through the Shadows also offers clarifications on certain matters, offering readers a better understanding of what people with cancer are going through, and that they need support from the people around them more than ever.

When it comes to the darkest times in life, a source of strength can make all the difference. Find a way to cope in the healthiest way possible, the same way that the Mack family did, by being there for each other through it all, through the ups and downs, and holding steadfast with their faith towards God, praying to him and most of all, showing kindness to every person that you meet.

With all that said, life is never a smooth road for everyone, and each person’s experiences are completely unique from the other. The best everyone can do is help one another in any way possible. Visit ReadersMagnet’s official YouTube channel to check out Roy Mack’s interview in “America Tonight with Kate Delaney” and get a copy of Walking Through the Shadows on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.