Words from another - take note
The muscles that develop as a baby falls and gets up again are the very ones that allow it to walk.
Own the awkwardness. Embarrassment is a choice.
- Shannon Skidmore
Stage IV
Cancer is an annoyance nipping at my heels, an incessant awareness that cannot be ignored. It inconveniently demands attention mid-stride causing me to trip and stumble. Given attention, it's grip slowly releases only to strike again. Without attention, it bites harder tearing past my protective clothing daring to devour my very soul. Some claim to be skilled enough to temper and train it. We enter basic obedience and though unruly, it starts to respond well. The trainer turns away to work with another. Distracted, forgetting its presence, my attention drifts elsewhere. I notice others with their companions, daydream of blue skies and cool waters at a distant oasis, and witness black balloons floating up to heaven. Sudden recognition jolts me as it snaps at my heel. I struggle to regain balance. Sympathetic onlookers, friends, and family provide advice, encouragement, and offer to shelter it for me, but I cannot give it away or rehome it. Even if it were possible to do so, it wou...
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