To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So just do it.

― Kurt Vonnegut

Friday, August 15, 2014

Telling Cate - 8 Things to Remember

We told Cate tonight. She was so strong. Sad, sad, sad, but so strong. We wanted to tell her so that if she heard from another source, she would not be surprised. 

We told her the following list of things to keep in mind:
1) her daddy is mean when he needs to be and is going to fight this sob.
2) we have the means to pay for the right medicine
3) we have the network to open doors in MDA (Mac’s friend on the board and Karen’s friend, Dr. Blum, who funds this type of research, and Robyn’s friend Doug Ulman who runs LiveSTRONG)
4) we have all the best doctors, and access to even more
5) we have puppies to help us fight, and to soothe us when we need it – this is so important to me on so many levels
6) we have each other and we can talk to one another and support each other to be free, sad, scared, angry, worried, quiet, funny--whatever we need
7) we have God on our side, and we can talk to him when we need to
8) we have music to help us fight or grieve or whatever we are feeling

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