Your Next Read

There's really nothing better than a lazy morning where you can sit and eat breakfast, drink coffee, and read a book. 

This morning, I finished "Everyday I Fight" by Stuart Scott.

 

Get it.  It's great.  Maybe it's because I know his voice from all those years on ESPN so when I read it, I felt like her was talking to me.  Maybe it's because of that ESPY speech that I blogged about when he passed.  Maybe it's because it's recent, current. 

 

Or, maybe it's just because he got it.  He writes about his time in CancerWorld with ease and grace. I connected with so much of what he said throughout.  As he says, cancer brings people together.  On the surface, why would I connect with a millionaire, African-American 49 year old divorcee with 2 daughters? But cancer gets below the surface, literally and figuratively, and there's a connection among "us"...those with the/have had the cancer. 

 

So thanks Stu.  Thanks for the relaxing morning that ended in me re-watching your powerful worlds and sitting in a puddle of tears.  You fought, so hard.  And while we're worse off for not having you around, I think this book carries new meaning with your passing.  Reading it makes me want to fight, to keep fighting, and one day, when I probably will have to fight again, to face it like the warrior you were. 

 

Boo-yah.