Lifes Blueprint

Within the human gene pool there are dangers lurking beneath the surface, disease genes that can damage or destroy all hope of an ordinary life.

I met a woman the other day, a breast cancer survivor, her daughter has colon cancer, her son has lung cancer, she lost her Mother to Ovarian Cancer, her Father to Colon Cancer, her Grandmother to Breast Cancer, her sister was just diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. She said cancer has taken the lives of most of her family members in the last 4 generations. She cried & then apologized for crying, I was without words. I stood with a parched tongue unable to console her with a kind & understanding word. What do you say? What does one say to another human being who is surrounded by the constant and chronic loss of loved ones? I’m sorry, doesn’t fit the wound.

Cancer is in deed generational, an unfortunate tapestry in the lineage of many families. "There's a saying that genetics load the gun, but it's the environment that pulls the trigger”. Over 1 Million people get cancer every year. Why us?