Things I've loved but couldn't wait until they were over:

-         High school

-         College

-         Being President of the Board of West Chester Friends School

-         My first marriage

 

Things I’ve loved that thankfully will never end:

-         Being a dad

-         My second marriage

-         Being a Democrat

-         Being a Quaker

-         Having such great friends

 

Things I do or have done that I’ve never loved and will never end:

-         Brushing my teeth

-         Eating vegetables

 

Thing I do that I’ve never loved and hope won’t end for a long, long, looong time:

-         Waking up in the morning

Some people ask, "Why me?"

I ask, "Why not me?"

She's the healthy one, not me.

More to come - I have so many things I'd like to post here about Cheryl's sickness, SO many, but so little time to do so. But this was one that just kept running through my head, so I had to get it out.

And so a new bump in the journey presents itself

Two words that are almost as fun to say physically as they are scary to say emotionally:

Gynecological oncologist.

And two words I never wanted to learn are an all-too-common pairing.