We meet here every day and we talk about life. We might not use that exact word daily, but when we talk cancer, we’re talking life. One cell changing, in a lung, a kidney, a colon, to begin a cancer and quickly that life is changed forever.
It is so fragile.
Do we get the most out of the lives we’ve been given? If we were to have a tragic accident, like Al’s friend Floyd, would our loved ones and friends say “He lived a good life? ” A full life? Or would they say, “He had so much more he wanted to do with his life.”
I sometimes think it takes a terrible loss in a person’s life, to get a better grip on it. Unfortunately in cancer world, that happens a lot. So many families I’ve met who have experienced a loss, just see life differently.
It all comes back to that word, FRAGILE.
We send our sympathies to Al. He lost a good friend. But he taught us all a lesson this day. An important reminder about how fragile all of our lives really are.
November 14, 2011 @ 10:06 pm
he essence of the ballet flat has existed since at least the 16th century, in which men wore a similar shoe, Moncler Jackets then known as pumps. In medieval times ballet flats were popular with both men and women. They only came out of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries when the high-heeled shoe came into fashion after Catherine de’ Medici requested that her cobbler add two inches to her wedding shoes, Tiger Shoes Heels went out of fashion quickly after Marie Antoinette walked to the guillotine in a pair of heels. Onitsuka Tiger Functional shoes: sandals, boots, and flat shoes prevailed in the 19th century. Ballet flats took off again when Audrey Hepburn wore them with skinny jeans in Funny Face in 1957.
November 14, 2011 @ 9:48 pm
I wanted to reply to the post about completing the treatments. When I completed my 25 radiation sessions, I was given a diploma that said I was entitled to pampering. Kathy K
November 14, 2011 @ 8:18 pm
A friend of mine, the wonderful novelist Billy Coffey, posted a piece this evening about a child at U of Va. Medical Center. Ethan has leukemia. He has an idea to receive 1,000 postcards from all over. I’m going to send him one. If you have a chance, consider sending one, too. You’ll find the address here in Billy’s post: billycoffey[dot]com/2011/11/changing-ethans-world/
To imagine the smile those 1,000 postcards will bring!