This is the kind of thing that pulls at my heartstrings and can send me into a torrent of tears:
Some of you who have followed this humble blog since its inception may have known that I was lucky enough to have survived a run-in with cancer a few years ago. Although I won that little battle back then, it appears I have lost the war. Cancer is a rather merciless predator, and despite the best efforts of a wonderful group of colleagues, it has returned. This time, I am told, it is terminal.
It has been a wonderful trip, filled with joyous memories, painful tears, and the brilliant heartache that comes from a life of boundless experience. I have lived only 35 years, but I have lived them well. And so I have no regrets, but that I couldn’t longer and better know the girl I love – my miss giraffe.
To friends and foes in this odd little “blog world”, I wish you nothing but success and good health. And I remind you that, despite whatever small differences we might have, we are all sailors on this same raft.
Red Canuck, you’ll be in everyone’s thoughts and prayers.
All those who regularly take cheap shots at bloggers who happen to have a different view of the world or pursue a contrarian ideology should remember this: in the end, we’re all just human beings, as ephemeral as the day’s news we tend to get into arguments over.
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