Friday, August 30, 2013

A Heartfelt Thanks



Sorry I’ve been remiss.  Hit a slick spot in the road but I think I’ve a bit of traction now. 

It’s August 2013.  A milestone if I may, marking four years and a few weeks ago that I was diagnosed with the E³. 

I used to say that was the day my life turned upside down.  My life?  How selfish.  It has taken a while but I’ve come to realize that more than my life was affected.  Many others were affected also.

So my heartfelt thanks to my family and friends, prayers, prayers from people I don’t even know, work, my bosses, strangers and special thanks and love to the one that has the worst of this journey my caregiver.

Not too sure where I would be without you all.

Talk to you later

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Cancer and Grist Mills



I didn't realize that being terminally ill would mean being grindingly bone crushingly despondent seemingly all the time.  It feels as if, I would imagine, being ground slowly by a grist mill until all that is left is a ...