OK. I’ll keep this short and sweet. No drum-roll or fanfare needed:
Now all that remains is to actually finish the story. Then we’ll see if it can really be a book. However, I understand that as a competition winner I can receive (free of charge) 5 printed and bound copies of it. Anyone want to design a cover for me?
And now….. back to reality. Our friend Cynthia has breast cancer. Last month, the day before her 41st birthday, surgeons here removed her left breast. Biopsies of the lymph nodes they took out at the same time reveal that she now has to undergo chemo, possibly radiation too. As she has no health insurance and this treatment isn’t available in the little backwater that we call home we’re doing fundraising events for her, starting with one this weekend. Time for me to get cooking, as we think that we need to raise $20,000 for her.
Congratulations! I need similar discipline–for the study of French, among many other things. So sorry to hear about your friend. My heart goes out to anyone who lacks health insurance. Though, in the U.S., having “good” health insurance hardly erases the threat of bankruptcy. Best of luck in your fundraising efforts.