I usually try to keep this short and light. Recently I was drafting my obituary it's an odd thing to do when you're 55 years old but I'm trying to get all the details in order and so that when I do die everything is ready and to minimize the impact on my husband and my son. Drafting the obituary I began to really think about my life what I've done what I've accomplished with it. The overall overriding theme of of it has always to help the underdog of our society people who just don't have a voice. I truly despise bullies and those who are bystanders - people who do nothing but watch. When given the opportunity they do nothing. Truly, cancer is the biggest bully, that must be stood up to and defeated. By funding, by raising awareness, by research. We have so far to go and I refuse to be bullied and I won't ever be a bystander. So I work whenever I have the energy and mental clarity to raise awareness and help others find someone thought this disease. Being a lab rat is just part of it.
I watched recently as people tried to bully the young woman in Oregon who chose her death when she learned she had inoperable terminal brain cancer and I feel it's a very personal decision I'm not there yet. But when I am, I know why husband and son will support me and my decision. Everything will be planned and
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