Five or six years ago my boss' wife found a lump, and she called him at work to tell him the biopsy came back breast cancer. He went home for a few hours, and when he returned he looked shell shocked. I didn't have breast cancer, mine was a uterine form, but I think he was feeling so adrift when the diagnosis first hit that it was a huge boost to his morale when I stopped in his office to ask how things were.

"You had cancer!" he stated, and realized of course, there were several of us in the library, all walking around to talk about it. And our library family of cancer survivors, just being there, was a big help to them, I think. He looked so much better just to have had a cancer survivor come by and provide the clear evidence that it isn't a death sentence. That phone call you made was probably critically important for your friend's friend.

Keep up the good work, Michelle!

SRS