Why the hell am I writing on your site? I don't know the answer to that. I just talked to you on the phone, and yet ... I can say for sure and certain that perhaps the most life-shaking experience in the world is the possibility that you'll lose a parent. I don't care how close you are or how estranged you've become ... they're still god-like in our child-like eyes to us, indestructible beings that never get sick long enough to matter and can Kiss It and Make It Better. But this is why you have friends. They're not family, but they have made the conscious choice to spend time with you. Friends will stay with you in such times.

This is something that no one would ever wish upon their worst enemy, to have a parent diagnosed with cancer. I admire my sister-in-law and her whole family because they dealt with cancer for 7 years. For 7 years, they didn't know if they would see their grandfather/father/husband the next day and yet they were strong enough to go on with their lives and cherish every precious moment they had with him. That is true courage. I know that your family will get through this and perhaps it will pull you guys together and make your relationship stronger for it. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. *hug*

Your family is in my prayers.