work in-progress

I was at Safeway, reading to Leo from the children's books, when I saw a photo-journal type book, Crazy sexy Cancer Tips. It was 8 X 10 formatted, a nice book to hold, with tips on how to stay positive, among other things. It was written by a woman and the photos were mostly of her. She seemed happy in the ones I saw. I could not spend much time on it because I was also teaching Leo...green tractor, red tractor. I was immediately connected... not only to the ultimate end but to everything. To the here and now. The death potential as the connector. I am assuming she is a survivor. I am happy for that... it would almost be too much to bear if you connect with a woman's struggle over 2 to 300 pages, repleat with positivity and photos, in the end, only to fine there is an afterward... It is like the back story to Confederacy of Dunces or the movie Waitress. Perhaps the large tragedies make our small tragedies bearable.  Or we get stuck on things like this because we assume a long life, taking our time, getting around to it.  When, in fact, we should take our time because there is not much of it and that is the best way to spend it.