“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it everyday.”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen
There is no manual for how to handle a cancer diagnosis or the journey through treatments. Neither for the grief many families experience when the outcome results in the loss of a loved one. Loss is a profound, life changing event that has no end. I will not pretend to have any tidy answers for you on how to overcome grief or to provide a process for you to follow in your own grief journeys. I simply do not have one, even for myself.
This blog is about MY joy journey with the love of my life, Amy. You probably are curious about the use of the word JOY in describing this journey. Certainly, cancer is not a joyful event, but the word Joy had special meaning and significance to Amy and because of her example, to many others.
