9. I need to feel hope.
Without hope, life really isn't worth living. I need to feel hope. I need you to help me feel hope. So help me feel hopeful by telling me positive things about life, cancer and my family. Hope gives me courage to get up another day. Hope gives me courage to be a parent not a patient. Hope gives me courage to face another needle, test or report. Hope gives me reason to breathe. Cancer kills and everyone knows that but you don't have to remind me of that every time we talk. Instead remind me how much I have to live for. That doesn’t mean I have to be happy all the time, but I don't want to spend my every waking hour in a pity party. If I want a pity party, I'll throw it myself.
Without hope, life really isn't worth living. I need to feel hope. I need you to help me feel hope. So help me feel hopeful by telling me positive things about life, cancer and my family. Hope gives me courage to get up another day. Hope gives me courage to be a parent not a patient. Hope gives me courage to face another needle, test or report. Hope gives me reason to breathe. Cancer kills and everyone knows that but you don't have to remind me of that every time we talk. Instead remind me how much I have to live for. That doesn’t mean I have to be happy all the time, but I don't want to spend my every waking hour in a pity party. If I want a pity party, I'll throw it myself.