RE: [Paddlewise] Missing All The Fun

Phil,

It's all good. I mean, Yvonne, I, and the two girls don't have to like what
has happened, but we will deal with it with hopeful grace, a good attitude,
and pull together in love. Yvonne is keeping positive and trying to keep her
humour, stating at least in heaven she doesn't have to worry about family
finances.

Yvonne will be on Celebrex to see if she can shrink the tumor; if not, then
chemo in February, as there are no other options medically. We will fight it
but accept what we are not in control of and pray for strength when we
falter.

I figured last summer on the kayak trip Yvonne wasn't herself, but the bad
news confirmation is still something you can't prepare for. I'll get some
quiet kayaking in with the lightweight used Nordy and will have to wait for
the hard core game and a new boat for awhile yet, which is fine. I need to
be "here." I'm sure I've had my fair share of wild paddling - yes, I think
really I have. I may even try some more kayak solo sailing out on the
horizon with my Spirit Sail, imagining the experience might be a metaphor
for something, though I need to be at home as much as I can.

In the mean time, I bought some bike pogies from MEI for my sub-zero cycle
commuting (got to stay in shape). My kayaking ones didn't fit the
handlebars. How about a spray skirt for cycling that keeps away the spray
line off my back? 

Hope this is okay being off-topic, but I think most of you know what Yvonne
has put up with, with me and paddling over the decades. 

Best of the season Philip and all... 

Doug Lloyd


 Hi Doug,

Sorry for the belated reply - I've just started shovelling through a logjam
in
my inbox.

My deepest sympathies. I lost my first wife to melanoma when we were both in
our twenties. (Hard to believe that was 22 years ago.)

Wish I had a magic wand to wave and make everything better, but I don't. All
I
can say is talk lots and don't be afraid to confront your fears honestly
with
each other. That way, if the outcome isn't good, there will be nothing left
unsaid. And if it is good, you'll be closer to one another than ever before.

Hoping for the best for both of you.

Philip
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