Embrace "the suck"

Okay, I stole this line from Commander Mark Divine, a former Navy SEAL. But it's true. We do need to sack up and take some crap in our lives every once in a while. Like today, Monday. It sucks to leave Christina when she has cancer. Even if it is just one day. But I currently don't have another viable option. So I have to embrace the fact that I won't be home tonight to cook her dinner. And then I have to move on and suck it up.

One of Christina's friends who also had breast cancer told her that it sucks. That you need to admit that it sucks and not sugar coat it. She's right!You cannot pretend that it isn't a bad thing. You don't have to fall apart and curl up into a little ball, either. Just admit to yourself that it sucks. Deal with the current issue at hand (side effects of chemotherapy, loss of hair etc.) and move on to the next obstacle.

So I am headed out the door and won't be able to take care of her tonight. It will be fine. I just wish I didn't have to embrace the suck in Fresno because that place...well.... really sucks!