Why Worry?

There should be laughter after pain

There should be sunshine after rain

These things have always been the same

So why worry now?


Perhaps you've never heard this haunting lullaby. The bluesy-rock

Dire Straits album "Brothers in Arms" was an instant favorite when 

it was released in 1985.  It was a "go-to" album for fun and for 

comfort all through the 90's.  I must have listened to it a hundred 

times.  I listened to it, but never really heard this anthem for 

hard times - the fifth cut Why Worry until August of this year. 

Sitting on the deck at my daughter's house overlooking the scenic 

Fraser River Valley, I was numb at the thought of returning home 

to take up my place in Roger's leukemia nightmare.   I said over 

and over, "this is so unfair." The lyrics of this song helped put 

Roger's health challenges in perspective.  

Melody and lyrics, hard work and rest, grief and joy.  Life isn't 

one or the other; it's both.  It's a cycle.  Don't get complacent 

about your good life; it can be snatched away in an instant. 

Don't get too despondent about your troubles; good fortune can be 

just a heartbeat away.

If you've come this far with us and clicked into this blog, you 

already know our story.  Roger has Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

(AML) and is scheduled for a bone marrow transplant in 

Mid-November. Is that our bad fortune?  Or should we say it is 

our extreme good fortune that Roger's brother Robert is a willing 

donor and a good match? Our life is both. 

We are fortunate to have loving families and friends, coworkers, 

neighbors, clients - good friends all - who have asked to be kept 

informed of Roger's progress.  This blog will attempt to provide 

information without being maudlin or pathetic.  If I begin to lose 

perspective, I urge you to remind me that life is not happy or sad. 

It's both.