Off to AK on a business trip.  16 years since my last visit.  This is a really cool trip.  I get to mix business with some pleasure and see some college buddies.

I knew something was up, but, not really the degree of seriousness.  “P” and I had back to back business trips, I got home the day she left to a hand written letter:  “So my biopsy showed cancer in one area & suspicion — about another — lymph nodes were hard to poke and results were inconclusive.  I like this doc a lot.  She said, ‘We’ll take care of this’ — and ordered tests (CAT, MRI, Xrays).  Once they ‘stage it’ we will meet and talk about treatment.”

So, imagine the hardest kick in the crotch you’ve ever recieved and that is about how the news settles.  I’m completly exhausted from my trip and I’ve got this bomb.  And I’m single parenting — do I tell the kids?  How?  When?