Once again a friend of ours brings home some bad news from an appointment with his doctor. Melanoma has surfaced on his nose once more. He has had several surgeries already on his face and ears and once before on his nose. My heart goes out too him and his wife, and the news will weigh heavy on it when it comes back. I to am a cancer survivor.....for now. I do not know why (I suspect only by the grace of God) when I first was told I had cancer it did not have some kind of terrible negative effect on me, neither did it have any really bad effect on me the second time around. But this news is bringing with it a heavyness that is almost foreign to me. It is becoming more evident to me all the time that as we grow older we become much more caring of others and less involved in ourselves. Is that God working in our lives, or just time wearing us down? One thing has become clearer to me however, God is always there, He does listen to our prayers, and He does care. So for this friend and all those out there that are battling cancer also....I pray God's loving hands upon you and may you always feel His love in your heart. ochoco