Today at work we had a small lunch party. The occasion: a co-worker gets to stop taking tamoxifen, the drug she's been on for the five years following her breast cancer treatment.
We asked the waitress to make a big deal when they brought her dessert. Something got lost in translation, and the staff came out singing the birthday song. And we realized that it wasn't completely inappropriate.
I'm doing a poor job of telling the story, but it was a good lunch, a really happy lunch. We all ended up a little teary when the guest of honor talked about how much our support meant to her. I was thinking...by the time I met her she was already a year beyond chemo; I didn't know until the next summer's Race for the Cure that she was a survivor. I can't take any supporter credit...but I realized that she's still wearing the LiveStrong bracelet I gave her last July. Little gesture here, acknowledgement there, next thing you know, you made a difference.
Just like her hug and thanks today made a difference to me.
Posted by Nic at January 28, 2005 08:42 PM