Courage...

This evening I turned on the television and ended up watching some news show that was talking about the recent death of Dana Reeve and her journey with cancer. A reporter stated Dana was courageous and then quoted Ernest Hemingway; "Courage is grace under pressure."

My daughter was watching this show with me and said "Aunt Cathy had courage". You know she is right. Aunt Cathy showed so much grace under pressure. To this day I am still amazed at how she handled her journey.

People think the only way you can beat cancer is by surviving it. However I have realized that even if you lose this life to cancer, you can still beat it. Cathy beat it, she didn't let it tear her down. I have never met someone facing something like cancer with the courage she had. She was always making us feel better, consoling us, helping us, loving us and laughing at the things that affected her adversely when other people would simply lose hope.

I don't know much about Dana Reeve, but I do know that Aunt Cathy IS the definition of courage!