Some people refer to their cancer experience as a “journey”. That may work for them, but it doesn’t sit right with me. I’m undecided what to call it, but the word journey sounds too much like a trip or too Chris Harrison-ish from the ‘The Bachelor’. I need a different word; something less like an outing or a ride. Maybe excursion? No, still too trippy. I need a word that captures the drama and intensity of cancer. A word that reflects the unpleasantness and unpredictability of life with cancer. Does a word like this exist? I can’t say the word ‘journey’ without visualizing a rose ceremony. Although it is a dramatic rose ceremony and the person whose “journey” has ended without a rose does leave in tears. They leave thinking their dreams of a perfect life are suddenly gone. Maybe they are not so far off.
Maybe cancer is
the “I’m sorry you didn’t receive a rose” ceremony from up above. That would definitely qualify as the most
dramatic rose ceremony ever. I will keep
thinking about. In the meantime, I’m going
to work on finding some dramatic music.
Looking
on the Bright Side…I am working on planning a trip-excursion-outing to Jamaica
to celebrate the end of cancer. That is
a journey, ya man!
No rose for me:(
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