Lisa...

...today would have been her 50th birthday.


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I miss her everyday. 
There's so many things I'd like to tell her.
She was my travel companion, my fashion critic, and the best listener I've ever had.
I miss our sunny days in Florida.
I miss the snowy days spent in Chicago. I miss it all.

But I remain grateful for the time I spent with her.
Cancer isn't picky, it takes the kindest, the cruelest, the richest, and the poorest. 
Don't try to reason with it, I've tried that a few times. No luck.
Cancer doesn't seem to care who you are, or what you've done.
It just is.

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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” 

~Steve Jobs