Okay, I know you don't care, but a very close friend of mine was just diagnosed with breast cancer. It seems treatable, but there are five months of chemo, followed by radiation in her future. It is an unbelievably difficult path to becoming healthy.
I don't know if you've ever had a close friend or a ****** member have cancer, or some other serious/terminal illness, but the power of the gestures of friendship and solidarity you make are so valuable, it may be beyond description. Let me give you a couple of examples:
After my ******'s surgery to remove her cancer, and the months of chemotherapy, she had no hair left. Her three ******** came to visit her, and we had all shaved our heads. She was overcome with emotion, and we had some of the most valuable ****** time following that. We suffered not at all, but we marked ourselves as her ****, and we showed empathy.
My best friend was unable to eat for 30 hours before a very major surgery to remove cancer. Six other friends and I "*********" him, brought him to my house, and showed him my emptied kitchen. None of us ate solid food for the entire time, nor did we again until he was able to. The eight of us have been incredibly close, since, and he gained strength for his surgery through our encouragement.
These are small gestures that have an enormous impact on those who are ill. This thread has no point, but to encourage you to do something similar. Don't expect it to get paid forward, just do it because someone you care about is about to endure something hellish, and you can't take their place, and you can't make it less painful. You can, however, make it more endurable.
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I don't know if you've ever had a close friend or a ****** member have cancer, or some other serious/terminal illness, but the power of the gestures of friendship and solidarity you make are so valuable, it may be beyond description. Let me give you a couple of examples:
After my ******'s surgery to remove her cancer, and the months of chemotherapy, she had no hair left. Her three ******** came to visit her, and we had all shaved our heads. She was overcome with emotion, and we had some of the most valuable ****** time following that. We suffered not at all, but we marked ourselves as her ****, and we showed empathy.
My best friend was unable to eat for 30 hours before a very major surgery to remove cancer. Six other friends and I "*********" him, brought him to my house, and showed him my emptied kitchen. None of us ate solid food for the entire time, nor did we again until he was able to. The eight of us have been incredibly close, since, and he gained strength for his surgery through our encouragement.
These are small gestures that have an enormous impact on those who are ill. This thread has no point, but to encourage you to do something similar. Don't expect it to get paid forward, just do it because someone you care about is about to endure something hellish, and you can't take their place, and you can't make it less painful. You can, however, make it more endurable.
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