My friend Linda passed away. She died at 12:24 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. I have no words for the grief I feel. Nor do I have any words for the devastating heartbreak that I experienced. I only know that my life has been changed forever. I have no regrets, except that I did not spend enough time with her while she was here. I know that the past 16 months together are important. I know that they have taught me something. I know that my perspective on this disease that is cancer has changed.
What am I going to do with it? It don’t know. I don’t know
because I don’t know how I can or will take what I’ve learned and translate it
into anything.
What I do know is that I would do it all again.
I love you
Linda, in a way that I have never loved anyone else. You fought every single
day, every single fight. Every new treatment protocol was a new opportunity.
You even told me that being in an experiment was important for the next person.
But you did not live. You did not achieve remission. You did not reach the Land
of NED.
In the end
you wanted to see the beauty of heaven where there are snowcapped mountains,
and shells along the beach. I read to you from the Book of John. Jesus
collected his disciples. He collected you. And you, my friend, taught me Grace.
And yes, I would
do it all again. In a heartbeat.
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