Month: May 2012

Hey Y’all, tomorrow we’ll be in South Dakota for the day, but it’s not going to be a joyous event. My husband, a Cancer survivor, is going to go in for the latest yearly Cancer screening. He’s had Cancer a few times, and we keep this appointment no matter what.

We’re old hats at this sort of thing, later today, I’ll be taking the van for some fuel, and made sure that it is clean, comfortable, and loaded with the things we are taking to SD for the day. We have our itinerary, and I have my yarn bag and purse ready to go.

The one drawback, I suppose, is that my husband and I are afraid. Each year, it seems that my husband’s health is a scary issue, and each year the prognosis keeps getting worse. Cancerous polyps are removed, and no, the Cancer does not “go away”.

It’s one of those things that we’ve learned to never talk about, we get to hear all the “horror stories” about too many people in our area that have had Cancer, or have died from Cancer. We understand the need to talk, and the horror and grief so many are going through.

Yet at this time in our lives, we’re just living each day as it comes. No one that I have ever met knows when God will call them home. No one, knows whether today will be their last day to see a sunrise, or to snuggle with their pillows in the morning.

So, I have one request, as the wife of a  recurring Cancer patient.

Just let me do what’s in front of me to do. Tomorrow is going to be hard enough, and today, we live just for today. I don’t want to hear about those who have won or lost the battle we are in. I understand your pain, but right now, my main focus is in getting that vehicle prepared, and in making sure that we are ready for whatever the rest of today brings.

Thanks for your time,

Louise Ann Benjamin