I haven’t cried a whole lot during this process. I cried a bunch when Holly was diagnosed and a bunch while she was in and out of the hospital, but for the most part, I haven’t wanted to show the kids how upset I’ve been, so I haven’t cried a whole lot.
If you have a kid between the ages of 5 & about 13, you’re no doubt familiar with the sensation that is High School Musical 2. It is a Disney Channel Original movie about a group of kids trying out for the, well, you guessed it. There has been predictions that it will be the most watched made for TV movie ever. It aired last night and if it is even half as popular as the first, everyone on the planet will be sick of it by the end of the weekend.
The other morning, Ella and I were watching the Disney Channel. There was a short promotional video for HSM2 that featured about a dozen kids who were lucky enough to meet the cast thanks to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. I just lost it. For four minutes, I just had tears streaming down my face.
I guess I’ve been burying feelings about Holly being sick for a long time, but what an odd thing to bring it out. You can watch the video here.
Thank you for all of the support in regards to my last post. We got some great comments and I appreciate everyones concern. Under the circumstances, we are doing well. Holly went to the gym this morning. My mom is in town helping to take care of the kids. We are planning on going away this weekend. Life could be a whole lot worse.
I probably should have prefaced where that thought came from. In the oncology center, there is a television in one of the infusion rooms. Holly and I were watching the news the other morning during her infusion and there was a review of the semi-recently published book Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite. While the title sounds kind of morbid, it makes a lot of sense for people who live in the Bay Area who tend to spend summer vacations hiking Half Dome, drinking, boating and feeding bears. The goal of the book is to educate people as to what isn’t smart to do when your in a national park. Learn from other peoples experience, right?
It turns out that the most common cause of death in Yosemite isn’t bear attacks, snake bites or plunging down a cliff side, but car accidents (windy roads, slippery when snowy, drinking, etc. makes sense). As I mentioned in a previous post, Holly’s family has a cabin near Yosemite, which of course started the conversation, wouldn’t it suck if after all this…
On the way home from the last infusion we get killed in a horrible bus accident. We’d be pretty pissed.