a matter of life and death

——marjorie williams

• Tumors so widespread automatically “stage” my cancer at IV(b). There is no V, and there is no (c).
• and she says the two things I most need to hear. The first is “I want you to know that, whatever happens, I will be with you the whole day.” The second is “And you know the all of us–but this is my promise–we will all work to keep you alive in your children’s minds”
• year 3 B.T. my third year of Borrowed Time. or as I think of it on my best days, Bonus Time.