Those That Have Gone Before.
I t is difficult living with the prognosis of terminal cancer. It is difficult knowing that someday I will cease to exist. and all that I ever was will be gone. To add to this difficult time is watching others succumb to cancer also. I am reminded of the passing of a high school friend of mine. It was way back in the days of MySpace. I had just discovered his, Thad's, profile when where I learned of his passing from cancer.. It was difficult to process that tragic news. Here was this man who was my age, and his life was over. Part of the grieving process is to question our own mortality when someone dies. This is particularly difficult when someone of your same age dies. It becomes almost oppressive when people you know are dying of cancer. My aunt and uncle hlived across the road from their best friends. Betty was the first person I knew who had cancer. I remember her beating cancer, but having the misfor...