Ugh. Here we go again...

My mother's reaction to her chemotherapy has taken a sudden nose dive. On Mother's Day she had to be hosptialized due to the ill-effects of the chemo.

Instead of killing the little bit of cancer left in her body, it was killing her.

It was then that I had to make the very tough decision to withdraw from the 2011 Seminar.
Why?
I want someone else to be selected to go in my place. 
*big sigh* 

Now I'm starting to see similarities with family cancer-care and with my dream to someday visit India on a Fulbright-Hays Seminar.

They are both long journeys, in a way...

And with ANY long journey, I have to:

• stay organized;
• stay informed;
• accept the fact that there is no straight and simple path;
• never ever assume anything; and
• always expect the unexpected.

I want to thank my friends and colleagues for your prayers and kind wishes.

When the world says, "Give up,"

Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."

~Author Unknown