X-Message-Number: 31047 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:31:28 -0700 (PDT) From: William O'Rights <> Subject: Dear Cindy This letter was written to my Cousin Cindy in late early May. A Dear Cindy, Got your card today, thank you. I will keep you posted, I am going to be released May 21st, but that date has changed a few times. When in the summer were you planning on going to Maine? This week was a difficult one for me as I learned that Donald Daney my best friend since I was 5 years old died. I was less than a month from being out; I did not even consider the possibility that I would not see him alive. You wrote, aC IaC m glad you have such a great attitude about everything.aC Cindy, a terminal cancer diagnosis may be the end of the world to one person, a time to surrender to God for another, a call to battle for yet another. For me itaC s a challenge, it is the call to battle for life.. The primeval urge to survive at almost any cost is at the root of my response to that challenge. Terminal cancer is a serious crisis, but isnaC t life a matter of adapting to one challenge after another? And even if I canaC t beat this, there is no reason why I cannot maintain a fine quality of life during this life-threatening crisis. A diagnosis of terminal cancer with a future date of death does not demand that I stop living today. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31047