In about 20 minutes I turn a year older. For a blog like this, a new birthday is definitely a different type of celebration. It means you made it another year, cancer didn’t win and the ugliness of the world didn’t win.
As I reflect back on the year for some reason I think of the word “scar.” Cancer leaves behind so many scars. There was this old war movie that my parents used to love to watch. It was like six hours long and I can’t remember the title, but it was about these men who came home from World War II and how the war had impacted them. When I was younger I couldn’t understand why some of the guys in the movie couldn’t just be happy to not be at war. Yes, there was the man who lost his hands — I got why he was sad, but for the others it seemed like such a waste of good lives. But as I look back on the past year I get it. I’m so happy to be alive and I’m so lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life. Continue reading
Cancer Sucks 