It's hard to believe it's been four months since I attended the Commonweal Cancer Help Program for a week in Bolinas just south of Point Reyes. I stayed at Pacific House above and spent hours walking and sitting on this bluff over looking the ocean. The wild irises are blooming all over the bluffs now in late March. I came home from my retreat in December having learned so much - I had a burning desire to write about the experience which I now view as a turning point in how I understood my cancer. Unfortunately, I also left Commonweal with a raging infection in my teeth, that was probably related to the chemo or steroids or both. In any case, I was in pretty rough shape for the next two months and I lost the drive to work on much of anything. I was only able to share my thoughts on the week with Steph in bits and pieces.
