Sunday, April 21, 2013

Closer to home.

Cancer is one of those things that nobody really likes to think or talk about much. And today it became one of those realities that I have not been particularly fond of lately as well. My brother was diagnosed a day or so ago and will soon be going in for surgery. The only way it could get any more directly relevant is if/when I am diagnosed with it myself.

To be honest, I am not entirely sure how to respond to this news. I naturally have the feelings of trepidation about what the future holds for my brother and family... but I somehow feel like I am not appropriately emotional about it. I think my self-defense mechanism has simply cut most of the emotion out of this whole experience. It is kind of weird.

Well... now I move forward in life as if nothing has changed. In reality, my plans are not affected much by this but I think I need to pay close attention over the next few days because things really could make a change in direction quickly.

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