I opened my in-box to a painful surprise just now. A heavy letter struck me hard.<\/p>\n
My friend Spike has cancer. <\/p>\n
I’m reading over Elaine and Spike’s accounts of how they’re getting through this, and it seems like some sort of war where no one can be blamed. Chemo and crying. I can’t imagine how they’re doing really, though I know the upbeat will still be there. I know they’re holding eachother.<\/p>\n
There was a get-together on my birthday, before the chemo began, but I didn’t know in time. The house is pretty much locked down now against sickness and germs. I think I have to nab a smack of organic veggies and deliver it, welcoming myself to thier neighborhood with a solace piece of gift. I don’t really know what to say. This is too big to swallow, I feel it catching in my throat.<\/p>\n
Please the world, allow her to triumph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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