A short lesson in the beauty of paying it forward
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 22:27 Yesterday, I sat down in the office to catch up with my work email and found one that had an unfamiliar address. Usually I’m pretty cavalier about hitting that delete button, getting rid of the junk, the spam and the ones with viruses.
I’m so glad that I hesitated on this day.
Some months back, I had occasion to mentor a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient back east. I do quite a bit of this, as an M. D. Anderson ‘Network’ volunteer, and as a breast cancer advocate locally and through my blogging.
She and I exchanged some emails, and then we went our ways.
Some women I’ve mentored have become long distance friends, some wanted to go their own way and preserve their privacy. I’ve learned that I have to be ‘okay’ with the latter choice … so I don’t push.
But late at night, sometimes, I wonder …
Here’s what I read yesterday morning ( I’ve camoflaged her town for obvious reasons ):
“Dear Cynthia,
I e mailed you a long time ago about Triple Neg Breast Cancer. Thanks for all your advise. I am now going to start radiation and than my treatments will be over.
