Love and Learn

At 12:31PM this afternoon a beautiful woman lost her life to a long dance with breast cancer. I had the great honor of being able to share the last few days of her life and death with her. She will forever be an angel and inspiration for me. Her name is Wendy Matlock and her courage and gusto for living was only upstaged by her courage and grace in dying.

Wendy was an amazing force for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Please consider a donation to your local breast cancer center to help find a cure.

The lyrics of the following song came to me from her as I left the hospice and was heading home. I offer them to you because I believe they encompass the way she lived and provide an excellent example of how to understand that all of life is grand and glorious in it's living.

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I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone
I recommend walking around naked in your living room
Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)
It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)
Wait until the dust settles(chorus)

You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn

I recommend biting off more than you can chew to anyone
I certainly do
I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time
Feel free
Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)
Hold it up (to the rays)
You wait and see when the smoke clears
Wear it out (the way a three-year-old would do)
Melt it down (you're gonna have to eventually anyway)
The fire trucks are coming up around the bend

You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn
You grieve you learn
You choke you learn
You laugh you learn
You choose you learn
You pray you learn
You ask you learn
You live you learn

(lyrics from "You Learn" by Alanis Morrisette)