It’s a Marathon not a Sprint

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Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death.

Fighting [living with] cancer is absolutely physically exhausting, and mentally devastating not just for the person but for those close to them. Knowing it will never, fully, be beaten, but rather, how long will you be able to outrun it?

At first you run the devastating race with all the gusto of an Olympic Champion, 100 metre, sprinter but gradually transcending to 400m, 1500m and inevitably, a dogged marathon runner before, finally, surrendering.

We keep on going, running, many, many races, the never ending marathon, striving for the ultimate, gold medal [a cure]. We keep on fighting in hope that, cancer is the one that, this time, surrenders.

Keep on running people

Thanks for Reading

#peace and love

Published by Riff

Husband to my inspirational, (long suffering,) wife Gail, father to two, amazing (adult) children, Aubrey & Perri, [retired] teacher, former guitarist. When I started this blog I quickly became granda(r) to my beautiful, first grandson Henderson. Grandparenting, something I was relishing but had began to believe I would not get to experience. I now have three incredible grandsons, Henderson, Fennec and Nate. I Love people. I love my family, my incredible friends, I have love(d) 'what I do' (my Jobs), I love Music, Glastonbury Festival is my happy place, Cars are my passion, Everton are my guilty secret .... I love many things but, most of all, I fucking love life.

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