c - cancer

cancer;
such an ugly word
but, such a huge part
of my life for over
twenty years now.

my first real knowledge
of the word cancer
was over twenty years ago,
when my dad was diagnosed
and lived for only 3 weeks
after discovering he was filled
with the ugly disease.

approx. six years later
i heard the words
"you have cancer"
and seven years later
i heard those awful words
again.

this past fall,
the word cancer
was to be spoken
one more time
in our family.
my husband was diagnosed
with cancer.
he had surgery and is doing
quite well so far! :)

today we head to seattle
for his 3 month checkup,
to have blood work done
and make sure everything is
going as it should be.

i am praying for a
great result-
that his PSA will be
down to zero,
that we will
know then that we have beat
this ugly beast, ONE more time!!

please, if you have time
will you say a prayer for
my hubbie that all will be well...

today the letter is c
for the challenge...

the letter c
today stands for
cancer & CURE;
because i believe it is
high time we found a cure
for this stupid ugly disease!