I shared this sentiment with friends and family members on my Facebook wall in early January after Dad received his preliminary diagnosis of "lung cancer" and after he had allowed himself to feel hope.
At that time, he had made the decision to fight.  He died shortly after.

As I've posted recently, I've had a hard time with my dad's death. I've had a hard time accepting the fact  that the illness of Mesothelioma could be so cruel and take a life so fast.

Seeing this picture on my computer desktop today made me feel sad.  I reflected back to the task of searching for a special saying to share because cancer or not, DAD was going to fight!  He had made that decision.  He felt hope!  I felt hope too and I felt relief.  We could beat this, I could just feel it!  I knew it would be tough and we'd all have to help as we could but we could do it. I was wrong, so seeing this sentiment for the first time in a while, really made me question the word, "hope".

But within minutes of feeling that, I thought of others who were in need of a little hope.  A dear friend has a very sick sister, but her situation is looking up a bit! (Yay!)  I instantly jumped online and posted this to my friend's Facebook page.

Maybe I can't have hope for Dad's illness anymore, but I can use it for many other things and for many other people.  And that's what I'm going to choose to do as I slowly move forward in life.