SEIZE THE DAY.
Many thanks to those who emailed me good wishes and shared how the story resonated with you. Here are just a few messages that really touched me:
“I just heard your piece on your mother on NPR’s Day to Day thisafternoon and the most succinct thing I can say is “Wow, Wow andtriple Wow!” I too have an aging parent in quickly declining health(in my case my father, who also was diagnosed with cancer). Like youalso, I have been trying to “peel the onion” of his life, but because of dementia, it is even more challenging.”
“I am dealing with many of the same issues with my mom, her cancer and her overbearing, pessimist attitude. It’s so hard to love someone so much and still wrestle with feeling like oh my god she’s driving me crazy, but she’s supposed to be a saint because she has cancer.” “we can’t stop people from being themselves and doing the best they can...”
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1 Kim Abbott // May 28, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Carol — Congratulations on such a wonderful project! You continue to find ways to touch millions through your probing storytelling. I know this particular story will be a comfort to many, including your own family, for years to come.
Kim
2 Dan Chen // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:41 am
Hi Carol
I was thinking back tonight and wondering whatever happened to Carol Lin on CNN, whom I had watched many a nights when I was living in my humble little apartment on Bush St. in San Francisco.
Did a search and discovered this site. It’s amazing to hear your story and what led you to build this site as I, too, have an ailing mother with cancer and I too have gone through all of the emotional heart-wrenching and questioning and coping that I suppose all of us with afflicted parents do.
I think it’s great that you’ve put together this site, it was something I’ve been thinking of doing myself as well, just never had the gumption to do it I suppose.
I work in the finance world focused on digital media as they call it - all of the social networking, online community sites that you hear about these days in the news. So seeing this site really resonated with me and impressed me. People are indeed using the Internet and this social networking thing for good things, it’s what I hear everyday but only until now I suppose have I really understood it.
I hope you continue to develop this site and the social networking site you’re building for cancer patients and their families. I’ll look forward to visiting it.
With much respect,
Dan
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