Update

Okay, I think I am ready to put this out there. I am still in shock. and feeling a pretty much constant state of panic, but this too shall pass. I just could not face the world today.

We got bad news yesterday. The cancer has already spread. How it can have done so in so little time is a mystery, but maybe it wasn't so little time. Maybe last year's mammogram missed something.

Anyway, be that as it may, my fight will be harder now. I will need all of the prayers, support, and understanding you all can muster. There will be bad days, when I will not be myself. There will be good days when it will feel like nothing's wrong...and I need to you be there with me for both kinds of days.

The first thing you can do is not ask me to dwell on it. Don't ask me for details, and don't prod me for information. Just know that it's a much greater challenge than we thought, and hold me close in your hearts as I start my fight.

Love you all.