Day 162/365

thistle thursday!

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what I've learned in my 30's

2.  I learned that strength comes in many shapes and sizes. I learned cancer has no preference... I learned that chemotherapy is given in a I.V. bag, its clear like water and it brought Hercules to his knees...

(my dad early 1990's)

Up until this time I knew no one who had battled this disease.... I had no idea what an Oncologist was or what they did. I didn't know what a living will was. I had never stepped foot in the Huntsman Center before... my eyes were open to just how many people were fighting that fight.  I learned all of this before I blew the candles out on my 31st birthday cake because my dad was diagnosed that summer...

(me and my dad September 2000)

I learned strength had nothing to do with how much you could bench press, or squat...