Legacy MattersI was feeling so yucky after the last post, that I fell upon In a Holy Time like a long, cool drink after being in a desert.
Genelle Fadness has suffered 13 yeas with multiple myeloma, a progressive cancer of the blood, and is reaching the end.
So what's to laugh about?
Life, she said. "I live in the abundance of God's love, and this has been a long, rich journey."
Cancer "has made life and faith more immediate and vivid," she said.
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A sense of the sacred enriches her days: Living in the shadow of death, "you stand on holy ground," she said.
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"Life is rich no matter what "
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Even on her most vulnerable days, she prays, meditates, writes poetry and reaches out to others. She also has become a mentor to others facing cancer, helping them through the sorrow and anger that she says can cripple the understanding of their experience as profound, even holy.
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What matters is how we spend our time caring for one another.