My grandfather was on his death bed. People had given up. When his cancer was first detected, everyone put on a brave face through the months of surgery, chemo and radiation. He was the bravest of them all, and seemed to almost look forward to meeting the challenge. When I talked to him about that, he would smile and quote jokes from Reader's Digest - he loved those, especially the humour sections and quotable quotes. When the cancer came back after almost 2 years, he did not bother fighting. Everybody... read more
