This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

I would have made different choices. You know, I might have married somebody else.

Either you push forward with the things that you were doing yesterday or you start dying.

I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent.

Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.