“It was a crisp
morning with just enough snap in the air to make life seem simple and sweet, if
you didn't have too much on your mind. I had.” - Private
Investigator Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep.”
I had much on my mind that morning in October I received a
call from my doctor and was told my test results were back from the lab. I had
been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which is a
cancer of the blood which attacks the bone marrow. Until that day I hadn't
thought too much about cancer, but since then that's about all I think
about.
Garrison Kiellor wrote that
"the death of an old man is not a tragedy". Maybe so, but I can
assure you that the death or serious illness of a middle aged or younger person
is tragic for all families, both emotionally and financially. The expense and
time involved in traveling to
Almost everyone these days has been touched by cancer,
whether they've had it themselves or it's their spouse, a friend or their
parents. If a cancer center is constructed in
I would encourage anyone who is able to donate to this
project to do so. This is the time for the community to pull together for a
very worthwhile project.
As William Jennings Bryan wrote, “Destiny is not something
to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
Jerry Kindred