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A Retrospect in Music

I found myself in that inner looking, retrospective sort of mood once again tonight. The difference tonight being I wondered how many other husbands, family members and loved ones that have found themselves "here".
It's most certainly been a long strange trip..............

Changes are forever coming but we find our way through.............

The bygones of yesterday, what once meant so much seems not so important anymore. Truly blessed by what we have.................unhindered by the useless things we don't have...

Together we have overcome so very much as we will everything yet to come our way, together we can't fail.

Friends, Friends, Friends, Friends, need I say more? You really do find out who your friends are....and who your family is,...regardless of blood shared.

I can only imagine and pray for others who have been less fortunate, for all we have seen and done in the past year, I have personally watched with tearful eye people beginning the same journey  with little or no support from friends and family.

We have tied our best to a help and comfort others as often as given the chance, help another is never a burden.

A heart of glass kept in safe hands, isn't such a bad thing.

I do think I have learned a lot from the music I enjoy so much and have come to understand much of it in a brand new way. 

The end of the day approaches, the changes, the events, the unknown, .....and where will we go tomorrow? I don't know where that is but I do know it will be together.

Through all time and space we will remain together.

I smiling next to you..........

Closing Doors???

"Sometime we concentrate on closing doors, to the point we don't see others when they open."

Sometime we concentrate on closing doors, to the point we don't see others when they open. I have heard this saying many times throughout my life yet really until rec3ently I had really not understood fully how true this really is. The discovery of my wife's cancer lead to her being able to finally receive some of the other much needed health care she has needed before the discovery. Her insurance only covers certain things and some of her problems were not covered. We have since found many systems of support in place for cancer victims and survivors. Many of these places offer counseling, financial aide, and even transportation to and from the multiple visits that are required to various health care facilities. We only took part in the programs we truly needed as not to over tax the system for others with the same needs. I can only hope others in the system try also to observe this practice in order to keep these entities in place since they do so very much good for the community they serve.

One of the other doors that opened seems to be opened since this discovery is a newly rekindled closeness to her father. Without going into great detail since our marriage my wife's father had for the most part dis-owned her. It had been over 10years since they had spoken face to face. I was very proud to have been present when he did appear at her hospital room door with a smile for her and even a few kind words. I do believe there are more "opening doors" to come and I do believe they will be very important and much needed.

Silent Survivors

There are a group of cancer survivors out there that go for the most part unrecognized. These survivors are the families and friends of the cancer patient. It is this unrecognized group I hope to offer some support and guidance to.

First I must say I am in no way a licensed professional in any field, let alone a healthcare professional. I am just an ordinary average guy, with a recently diagnosed wife. I never really understood the impact of this monster we call Cancer. It always seemed almost an unreal and impossible occurrence. I have since found that this monster touches many, many lives every day. There are of course the obvious hurdles that one would expect to have to overcome but I have also begum to see many new and unconsidered problems that come to light in each new stage of this journey.


I do hope to help even just one needy soul through this blog, I will say that I am not one to preach and pour religion onto problems. I do however in fact do believe highly in prayer, I do not wish to even begin to tell you which God you should pray to, or how you should do it. I understand we all have ourown personal beliefs, one of mine is to never question or change someones choice of God or belief. I will say try and stay close to whatever it is that you do believe.

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