I was driving to campus and got here super early because there is no traffic. I guess the price of fuel is changing driving habits and its evident or everyone is on a summer vacation ... in their backyard! The staycation ...
I tried to catch up with some friends on the drive. And it hit me, I can't call Tom. Today would have been a perfect time to catch up with him and see how he was feeling. But he is gone and it's so hard to accept it. I have become teary eyed quite a bit this week and it hits me at very odd times.
I was at a session at BlogHer discussing social change and there were these two amazing women there who everyone except for me knew. They started a moms with cancer blog and are so inspiring. When I asked them what they saw as success for what they were trying to do, they defined it as awareness and support for other moms and sustainability. "We keep losing members," they said. "We are now down to 19 from 20 and what happens if one of us needs to go back to chemo?" It's their raw reality and it made me have tears streaming down my face. I wish that there was a way I could help.
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