The Good: I ran into an old friend that I haven’t seen
for years, we used to work together. At
first I didn’t recognize him, the blond highlights were gone and he was tucked
away sitting in a corner but I knew it was him.
I smiled remembering all the good times we had together, he smiled as
well when he recognized me followed by a big hug.
For my birthday one year, someone gave me him
as a gift!
Now in case your thinking this was some sort
of messed up love interest, it wasn’t, he was just someone I laughed a lot with
and on the morning of my birthday a while back I was told we had to pick up my
gift, which we did, and it was him, and he’d be joining us for breakfast... and
we laughed as we always did.
I remembered that morning as we caught up with
each other this day...
The Bad: I ran into this old friend at the chemo unit in the hospital, he was there with his wife who was hit by cancer around the same time as me. All three of us talked easily, him and me from a bond in our past, her and me from a bond in our presents.
We said our goodbyes and walked our separate ways,
I wanted to look back but I didn’t, my eyes were tearing up; tears for my
friend, tears for his wife for being here.
Instead of looking back I thought about a
comment she made about a photograph we had both seen, to her it symbolized “Life
Goes On” and that’s what I thought about as I left the hospital.
The What the ???: Someone told me they wouldn’t get involved in a relationship with someone
who’s had cancer... hard for me to hear but at the same time very honest. If I was on the other end I guess it would be
scary to open yourself up to someone who’s “a known risk”, open yourself up to
someone who may not be around long enough to make it seem worthwhile.
One more thing to add to my cancer portfolio.
Lessons Learned: Life does go on....
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