Summer School 2015

I enrolled in an unexpected, spur of the moment,
 summer class this year.

Cancer 101.

I guess you could say it was a crash course.

It was lots of learning in a short period of time.
But it felt like a lifetime.
In the past 7 weeks

I learned that I've taken so much for granted,

even though I thought I lived a life of Gratitude.

Each and every day I more appreciate:

The elementary task of swallowing.

The art of a small taste.

A simple sip.

A moist kiss.

A hearty laugh.

A good cough.

The uncomplicated sense of taste.
Salty, sour, sweet and bitter.

They all disappear with cancer.
Life as we know it disappears with cancer.

The only taste that remains is Love.

Thank you, everyone, for the Love.

And thank you for the Hope.
xo