michaell1's blog post - Thought of the day;

In honor of a friend.

Today a friend of mine passed away.
She was 33. It was her third fight with cancer,
she was a survivor and she never stopped fighting.

Most everyone will in their lives, have or will experience
a relationship with a survivor, be it friend, family
or they will know someone who has.
I myself recently became one.

The following is something that I think is important
to know;

No one ever stops to ask survivors
what surviving means to them.
To be honest most don't want to hear it.
We like fluffy titles.

To survive something, means to be aware you
might not survive it.
You face death, you endure it, risk it, still
you survive it.

You weren't rescued or saved,
there was no magic fairy dust or
knight in shining armor,
not even a prayer saved you .
You fought through it.

You survived it.

People shouldn't get to hang the word
around your neck, without knowing what
it took (what it still takes) for you
to hold the title.