Not All Guardian Angels Have Wings…

    …some have tails. Tweet

B Strong

I bought this for my wife. She’s earned it one hundred times over already.   Tweet

Today

The words they use are “Stage Four”, “Slow Growing”, “Terminal”…the words we choose to hear are “Quality of Life”, “Pain Control”, “Refuse to Lose”. Life is battle. You can either join the battle and make a difference or play it safe and bayonet the wounded. Choose before life chooses for you, just keep in mind that no General hands out
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The Unbroken Promise

FWIW, cancer does not kill people, it kills souls, creativity, humor, passion and purpose. Everything precious in a human life is taken away and time is stolen in meaningless suffering. It demeans life to the point that faith becomes just a word. The only response to cancer is to show an amazing grace, to show another person that their life
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A Book Review by Writer’s Digest!

A Recent Review of “You Mean, Besides the Cancer” by a judge at the Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards:   In reading this book, one naturally develops a remarkable respect for its author. He had delved into territory that many men face (when asked to become the primary caregiver for a cancer-stricken wife), yet few document, or at least few
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Do it.

There are, in spite of what you’ve read in the news lately, heroes all over the globe. They serve countries, states, cities, neighborhoods, hospitals, and families without headlines or medals. A very troubled soul sent twenty of God’s most innocent souls to heaven much too soon, but never underestimate the work done by the good souls left behind. Your singular
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Because It’s Called Cancer

Evil has many names, but because it’s called cancer people have more empathy. Because it’s called cancer people open up and share the loss of their loved ones with me, even though I didn’t ask. My burden is heavy enough; the story of your loss weakens me. Because it’s called cancer people want to help. Sometimes the best help is
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Medicare

This simple card could prevent us from declaring bankruptcy and may allow us to keep our house. My wife is one of the 47% but not by choice.My guess is many of the 47% are not included by choice. Many of our close friends are conservative Republicans, but please keep in mind that percentages and statistics reflect people, not percentages
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Tomorrow

  Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary, and in spite of so many recent breaths filled with doubt and fear, the answer to your question is “yes.” Yes, I would do it all over again. ALL of it. She was, and still is, worth it… and more. I love you, Babe! Tweet

Welcome Back, My Friends…

…to the show that never ends. This morning was our appointment with the oncologist to get the results of Carole’s latest set of scans and to get some answers as to why she is feeling so crappy lately. I’ll be concise: Carole still has the same number of growths as her last scan in May. The growths are the same
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