Possible/probable end of Beth's blogging...

Hey all,

Beth, here. This isn't the update. That will come this afternoon from Bill.

This is just me saying that...at least for now...I won't be writing this blog any more. [Caveat: I often say I'm not going to talk any more, only to start back up within mere hours, so unless there is new kind of duct tape that works on my mouth, don't entirely believe that my silence is forever.]

It's just because...and I'm sure this is common....when two partners/old married codgers are going through a Big Experience, and they have polar opposite ways of dealing with it...only one of them should be publicly reporting the story line. And that should be the one who wants to see things "in a light most favorable to the plaintiff." hahah Had to bust out that stupid lawyer language--even though, actually, that line didn't really make my point. I just wrote it because it popped into my head. Wait, maybe it DID make my point. Must drink more coffee and think.

What I mean is: the partner (podnuh in cowboy parlance, I guess) who see things rosiest should write the blog.

Okay, here's an illustrative maxim invented by me on the spot just now: Tis better to preserve a rosy view by silence, than to air a poopy view by kvetching.

As for emails: If anyone has an email inquiry about Bill's condition, please direct it to Bill. Unless you want to hear the negative version. In that case, direct it to me.

Allrighty, then.

Bill's debut into the blog-arena will occur sometime today. Blogutante Ball.

"My blog report is not going to be as optimistic as you think it's going to be," he told me.

Then he added, "But compared to what I thought I was facing, it's a wonderful outcome."

And I'm thankful to God he feels optimistic. Optimism alone can be healing. I know that!

There there's this:

Hours spent by Bill learning about his status and treatment options: Zero.

Hours spent by Beth learning about Bill's status and treatment options: Five hundred million thousand billion.

Alllllllllllllllllllllllllrighty, then.......