I'm not sure who wrote this poem, so I can't give any credit to him or her. When Tuck was going through his chemo and radiation, I gave him a necklace which had this inscribed on it. He wears it every day.
WHAT CANCER CANNOT DO
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot invade the soul.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the spirit.
These are beautiful words, great ones to try to live by; some days are easier than others. When I read these words, I think of God, who is all good -- then there is this cancer, which is evil. Some days the evil tries to take hold to invade my soul and quench my spirit. Today, the evil did not win!
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