A friend of mine who had breast cancer read another “kick cancer’s ass” status message and got as annoyed as I do, probably more so since she’s a survivor. She wrote a comment about how cancer patients may have that wish, but it’s not the only one and it might not be at top of the wish list.
The person challenged my friend to write a “corrected” version to post in its place, so I decided to give it a shot. Here’s what I came up with (and by all means, feel free to correct this one):
All of us have a thousand wishes. To be thinner, to be bigger, have more money, have a cool car, a day off, a new phone, etc. A cancer patient has one additional wish: to live with cancer. They may wish to be cured, but they do not limit themselves to merely “kicking cancer’s ass”. They know that every moment is special and wish to live as well as they can. Whether you repost this or not is unimportant. Instead, to honor someone who died, is fighting cancer or even had cancer, remember them and how they have touched your lives.
Thanks Shawn.. well said!