I Kind Of Conned You Into Believing

We Had To Forgive To Survive The Labyrinth

Remember That Time In The Minivan, Twenty Minutes Ago, When We Didn't Die?

We Left. We Did Not Say: Don't Drive, You're Drunk. We Did Not Say: We Aren't Letting You In That Car When You Are Upset. We Did Not Say: We Insist On Going With You. We Did Not Say: This Can Wait Until Tomorrow. Anything-everything-can Wait.

One Of The Pitfalls About Writing About Illness Is That It Is Very Easy To Imagine People With Cancer As Either These Wise-beyond-their-years Creatures Or These Sad-eyed Tragic People. And The Truth Is, People Living With Cancer Are Very Much Like People Who Are Not Living With Cancer. They're Every Bit As Funny And Complex And Diverse As Anyone Else.

If People Could See Me The Way I See Myself - If They Could Live In My Memories - Would Anyone Love Me?