For D.T.
Gratitude. Have written about this subject before and it's always worth a revisit. This one's for D.T.
Do you notice how much we take for granted each day? Please appreciate all the goodness in your life even on the worst days; or, if you cannot, please help someone else to ease at least one burden even for a moment. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, it's critical to embrace all that each day has to offer especially by what you may learn from those around you.
Our coworker, D.T., died in January almost one year to the day following her diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. She was 43 and leaves her husband, mom and three daughters (their eldest are in high school and their youngest is seven) plus numerous friends and family members in Texas and California.
There is no eulogy that will ever describe what she has meant to us all. She was one in the universe whom you'll never meet again but long to emulate for a lifetime. I have never known anyone more optimistic or courageous even in the days when she must have known she was dying but would never let us worry or feel sorry for her as her mom pushed her into the office by wheelchair. She had every right to be pitiful but fought to the end and even brought us gifts back from she and her mom's trip to Greece just six months before her death when we had hoped things might be getting better.
She would embrace work, each moment, and us with a smile and willingness to ease her own struggle by caring about others even with a gaping wound in her leg covered by gauze and inoperable tumors throughout her body that would not respond to radiation or chemo. Her hair fell out but you'd never know as she looked beautiful with a flat iron brunette wig with copper highlights. Through it all, she would come to work smiling whenever she could which was far more often than ever thought possible.
We love and miss you always and will try as best we can to live by your example.
Do you notice how much we take for granted each day? Please appreciate all the goodness in your life even on the worst days; or, if you cannot, please help someone else to ease at least one burden even for a moment. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, it's critical to embrace all that each day has to offer especially by what you may learn from those around you.
Our coworker, D.T., died in January almost one year to the day following her diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. She was 43 and leaves her husband, mom and three daughters (their eldest are in high school and their youngest is seven) plus numerous friends and family members in Texas and California.
There is no eulogy that will ever describe what she has meant to us all. She was one in the universe whom you'll never meet again but long to emulate for a lifetime. I have never known anyone more optimistic or courageous even in the days when she must have known she was dying but would never let us worry or feel sorry for her as her mom pushed her into the office by wheelchair. She had every right to be pitiful but fought to the end and even brought us gifts back from she and her mom's trip to Greece just six months before her death when we had hoped things might be getting better.
She would embrace work, each moment, and us with a smile and willingness to ease her own struggle by caring about others even with a gaping wound in her leg covered by gauze and inoperable tumors throughout her body that would not respond to radiation or chemo. Her hair fell out but you'd never know as she looked beautiful with a flat iron brunette wig with copper highlights. Through it all, she would come to work smiling whenever she could which was far more often than ever thought possible.
We love and miss you always and will try as best we can to live by your example.
