Hope Against Hope
They say a writer should write daily as a part of one's routine even when one does not feel inspired or has something worthy enough to put down. Obviously, I don't have writing as a part of my routine...nor is exercising. I know those things good for me, but I just don't have it in me yet. There is a big accomplishment that is worth celebrating though. I finished 20 rounds of chemo treatment on September 24th. I thought I never would finish this awful thing but I did. There was no fanfare, trumpet blowing, balloon floating ending, but it ended. It did. I was so happy to put it behind me, I cracked up laughing during my chemo. Good thing I was in a private room. In my head, I imagined that after the last chemo I would write up a beautiful story of triumphant victorious narrative about how awesome God is and how brave I had been, how great I feel and ready to taken on the world. I was so excited to start a new day free of drugs and pain. But, it did not happen that way at a...