When we returned back home from a 10 day summer beach vacation, I was expecting my veggie garden to be in full harvest. Hubby had set up an automatic sprinkler system. Many of the vegetables were just starting to bud so, I thought it only realistic that we'd have a semi abundance of peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, eggplant and tomatoes upon our return. I was wrong! Apparently since we weren't home, and our dog wasn't around barking, a few rabbits managed to sneak into our garden, under the fence and eat themselves into oblivion. Yes, they ate every single viable thing. There was nothing left.
When out neighbors heard of our misfortune, it didn't take them long to jump into action and share their overabundance with us! This is what I found on our doorstep the other morning:
Some other local neighbors of ours also brought over a ton of tomatoes, lots of basil and lots of cucumbers. Since then, I've been busy on my kitchen pickling the cucumbers into pickles, making tomato sauce, baked stuffed tomatoes, tomato salad with the basil and my all-time summer favorite: tomato/carrot soup with dill (the rabbits didn't eat my basil or dill but they did wipe out my parsley). I made two big batches of pesto (great in the winter over linguine) I froze as much as I could. The rest we ate almost every single night! Delish!!
Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers and the kindness of neighbors. A blessing, for sure!
There are only two types of people in America right now IMHO. The first ones are those who either have or are in remission from cancer. The others are those who are going to get cancer in the very near future. That's it people. Americans are bombarded with so many toxins, in their air, in their food, in their water, in their homes, in their environment, in their clothing, their furniture, their possessions, their housing conditions that it is almost impossible nowadays NOT to get cancer. Period.
Unless you have or had cancer, you really don't know what the heck I am talking about. It is only those who have or had experienced the disease do you understand anything that I am saying. Personally, if you never had cancer I really have no use for you anymore. You will NEVER understand what I am talking about or experiencing. There's a reason why cancer patients seem to stick together. It is only a fellow cancer survivor who can fully understand and comprehend what you are going through.
Nothing recently has affected me so much in my cancer journey than this motivational video from Judge Frank Caprio (America's Kindest Judge. Click here for more info about the judge.). Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (the worst cancer to have) over a year ago, he had a relapse and made this plea to ask people to pray for him. Not even 17 hours after this cry for help, Judge Caprio died. That's what cancer is like. You NEVER know from one minute to the next what is or can happen to you. Anything can take you out. Only a fellow cancer patient can understand that theory. You can't plan anything. You can't hope. You can't expect. Because whatever a doctor may tell you, there is NO such thing as a cancer cure. Cancer cells once inside your body, remain inside your body. They may not come back for a decade, a year or even a month but trust me, they WILL come back and they WILL kill you.
Unless you are a cancer patient, survivor or caregiver any comment you worthless-piece-of-shit needs to make will be eliminated. I have no time nor any patience for your ignorance. Nobody cares a rat's ass about what you think you need to say. No one here is interested in your opinions or comments. My only request is that one day you too WILL get cancer and then and only then will you finally 'get it' and understand the fragility of life. You'll learn to regret what you said, what you felt, how you mistreated others and the uncaring statements you so foolishly made and stated. I just hope I'm still around to laugh in your face. That's the well deserved hatred I feel for bottom feeders, such as yourselves.
Only my fellow cancer survivors, cancer patients and the magnificent cancer caregivers understand what I am talking about. We are a special brew, aren't we? Strong. Vital. God's Chosen Few.
This blog is dedicated to what we fellow cancer people experience and go through in our daily lives. I shall continue and carry on and document our precious lives and daily challenges.
The rest can go rot in hell. May God continue to bless us.
