An Observation

People living with cancer deserve a medal of honor for all the sh-t they put up with. (I wrote a lot more...but wiped it out. That sentence pretty much says it all for me.)

What I Think "Some Days..." is Really About

I often sit and think about the little book I wrote, and why I wrote it. While it is true that it came from the changes that resulted from Laura's cancer diagnosis, it is more than that for me.

I think it is about teaching our children that sometimes things happen in life that we have no control over. Not just cancer...all of us have things to deal with that we would rather not accept. Losing a job. A sick child. Kids leaving for college. A rain on our parade. All of it. I guess it's called, "life".

I wrote and illustrated "Some Days..." when I was bummed out one night, and it's no secret why. Cancer is not a good thing. I was sad because of the things we were/are going through.

I was also keenly aware of the fact that there were many good days mixed in with the not so good ones, and there are many more to come. I don't want to miss those good days, and I especially don't want my children to.

We are a culture that looks ahead, but we do so at the expense of the present moment. It's a common sentiment, "Where did the time go? When did she grow up?" Or, "If I could do it all over again I would do such and such." We missed the moments that made up that time, because we were doing other things. Planning for a better future. Then...POOF...those days are gone.

This book is not about cancer. It's advice from someone in the eye of the storm to quit looking to the future for better days. (I struggle with that every day.) The future isn't real. THIS MOMENT IS. I think that's what the book is about, and I hope to teach my children to live that way.