A few of you may have heard me talk about Lisa. She was responsable for "The Chair" and other blogs I have done about the suck-ass-bitch world of cancer.
I met Lisa on a cold winters night in 2014. That same year we were both diagnosed with Cancer and we both started treatment. She was stage 4 renal cancer, I was stage 3 cervical cancer. We talked a lot about how shit it all was. We joked about medication and the weird side effects. We laughed about how life had taken a turn for the unexpected and I said I would come and see her in California when all this was over...
She died today.
Lisa has a husband called Reil, and two children. She is a talented and spirited woman who can joke and laugh and make amazing (really) quilts and paintings. Lisa loved life. She loved every moment of it and filled it with friends and cats and blogs.
Lisa was brutal and honest in her writing. Her blogs are an inspiration to many of us who have cancer or who have been through cancer or have a loved one who has cancer.
Cancer is a terrible, heartbreaking, wrenching disease. But it will not stop us living. It will not stop Lisa's memory or make her fade away in our hearts. It makes us LIVE. We must ALL LIVE, always. We must create, be Mothers and Fathers and Sons and Daughters and Friends and Cousins, the list goes on... at the end of the day and the fight, Lisa LOVED.
We must all love just a little more. Hug a little more. Don't care about the small, small, silly things. Care about the things that may not be there tomorrow. Care about yourselves. Go to the Doctor, get looked at, be healthy. Be Happy. LOVE.
I will miss Lisa. I will miss her candid view on life. I will miss her photos. I will miss her voice. I will miss her art and joy and light.
Goodbye Lisa. Goodbye and know you are loved.
your friend,
Rachel
