Last evening I went to a memorial service for a friend -- a 44 year old woman with a loving husband and two small children, one of whom has type 1 diabetes. She died of a brain tumor just three months after diagnosis.
As I do every few weeks, yesterday morning I went with my son to his appointment at a children's cancer and hematology clinic, where we spent the day hanging out with kids with cancer, leukemia, sickle cell and other diseases, and their families.
Another young friend died of pancreatic cancer on May 24, leaving his wonderful wife and their lovely 12 year old daughter behind.
Carnacki did a wonderful but terrifying Cancer Roll Call diary back on March 28 and we learned that virtually everyone at Daily Kos has been touched by cancer personally, often intimately.
Can you guess where I'm going with this?