I want to break into song, I want to dance in the afternoon and I want to have a problem presented and solved within a two-hour time period.  

The sounds of Cole Porter drift in the background as I try to figure out what and how I want to say what I want to say. My absence from the blog has been intentional. About three weeks ago, a close friend was taken ill.

She has been fighting for her survival and for the life she had before this horrible ordeal. While her friends can’t even comprehend what her husband and family feel, I speak for everyone when I say we feel lost and scared. In a situation like this - you offer anything you possibly can but try to continue with your own life; contemplating what is really important and asking questions that might easily never be answered.

I normally wouldn’t write about something so personal but many know her. The emails, phone calls and cards are evidence of this. Everyone she has met, she has touched in some way. From the beginning I have said, there is no doubt that she will be okay.

It’s the time in between that hurts the most.