September sucks

I really am not a fan of September anymore and these past 30 days have not helped this poor month's case. The anniversary of Dad's diagnosis and death, the ALS walk (which I love doing but it's still difficult), his birthday and now this year we'll add a couple more things to the list.

1. Cathy lost her job. She has worked as a one on one aide for an autistic boy at the elementary school and because of Cathy, he made tremendous progress. He is going to be the one that suffers as a result of this decision that the school has made. Cathy is such a warm, loving and compassionate person and I hate to see her go through this.

2. My friend Shellie's dad has been battling lung cancer for over a year now. Last week his latest CT scan shows several tumors on his brain and one on his brain stem. Cancer sucks.

3. Liz and Cathy's good friend Denise lost her 5 year battle with breast cancer on Sunday. Cancer sucks.

4. Liz and I found out this morning before Denise's funeral that old friends from Phoenix lost their oldest son earlier in the week. We knew Kevin and Cathy in Phoenix back in the 80s. Kevin was the chaplain at the base where Liz was stationed. Christian was in the Army stationed here in the States. We don't know the details but no parent should have to deal with the death of a child. Ever.

5. Hello October!! I'm glad you are here.