One of the most powerful positive stories of choice is told by writer, Niel Lorenz of Dayton, Ohio. Lorenz tells how a friend, a young wife and mother were three, chose to spend the last year of her life while afflicted with cancer. ”Linda made it clear from the beginning that cancer was inconvenient, annoying and unwelcome, but that it would not rule her life. Accordingly, she and her whole family continued to take scuba lessons at a local pool to prepare for a big family vacation in the Cayman Islands. Linda was determined not just to go but to participate in the family holiday. So adamant was she about this that when her blood count proved dismal the day before the intended trip, she simply checked herself into the hospital overnight, and received the medication she needed through an all-night I.V. connection. Once in the islands, she rested and watched her family go out for their daily excursions to the reef. But she wanted to go diving with him, be a participant, not ...
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