Friends!

Meet Dave….

Dave’s my friend. He’s a retired pathologist. That’s not why I like him, though. Look at his face–that’s why I like him!

But his knowledge of body parts came in handy last year.

Pancreatic cancer had wrapped around my hepatic artery and the surgeon said he couldn’t operate. Since I could live for only a few months longer with this particular cancer in its advanced stage, let’s just say my bowels were in an uproar!

Then Dave suggested we ask the doctor to biopsy the tumor encasing that artery. His guess was that the chemo and radiation had killed it.

The gastroenterologist said that wasn’t the usual procedure, but would at our request.

He did. The cancer cells were dead. I had surgery.

Meet Carolyn….

Carolyn’s my friend. She’s well-grounded.  That’s not why I like her, though. Look at her face–that’s why I like her.

She walked every step of the way with me last year. She laughed with me. She cried with me. She accepted me in whatever condition I was in–and most of the time that wasn’t pretty!

But that’s what friends do for each other, isn’t it?

A chance meeting along the way one day results in a deep bond of sharing and caring. Go figure!

How about you? Who in your life is your friend?

Who is yet to come?

Maybe you are the friend.

Maybe you would like to be mine….

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