Leave a Light On in Heaven

'As I caregiver, I wish we had this book when my husband was diagnosed. We would have known what to expect.' ARC Reader

'I’m in tears reading the reality of what you and others have gone through. I don’t have cancer, but I’m getting a copy for anyone who shares their journey with me.' ARC Reader

In November 2024, the pain felt like nothing more than a stubborn sinus infection. But her face and ears were on fire. Then came the lump in her neck, one that refused to disappear.

By April 2025, Laurie Best’s life had been irrevocably altered by a head and neck cancer diagnosis that arrived months later than it should have. What followed was not just treatment, but a fight: for answers, for proper care, for her voice, and for her life. Second opinions became third, then sixth. Research replaced rest. Fear wrestled daily with faith.

Leave a Light On in Heaven is a fervent, faith-filled account of walking through cancer when survival is uncertain and hope feels fragile. Laurie opens her life completely. Disclosing the physical pain, the emotional exhaustion, the anger, the doubt, and the moments when faith felt out of reach. She also shares the prayers whispered through tears, the Scriptures that carried her when her body could not, and the God who met her in the darkest rooms.

This book is not about pretending everything was okay. It is about learning to advocate for yourself when no one else will, trusting God when healing doesn’t come the way you expect, and preparing for death but discovering, instead, a deeper understanding of life.

She thought she was going to die. She didn’t.

So until the day comes . . . leave a light on in heaven.

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