Jim,
Sometimes it is so difficult to read the posts here because of the see saw of emotions. I feel that the more we can help one another through the good and the bad, the stronger our fight against this ordeal. There are times when I realize that someone has not posted and I start worrying.
My grandson is just turning 10 and is full of questions about cancer. He recently lost a 92 yr old greatgrandmother to pancreatic cancer, my sister has been fighting breast cancer for several years, my husband had colon cancer and now I am up to number 3. He asked me why I "talk to the cancer people." I told him that we help each other with information and encouragement and prayers. It is so difficult seeing him trying to understand the realities of life. Today he told my husband he expects him to still be alive when he gets married.
We certainly understand more than a l0 year old, but we still want miracles and are entitled to cry and be angry when things happen that we don't fully understand. We also need to be able to cheer when someone has good news and to be silly at times.
Thanks for bringing this up.