Sunday, February 14, 2016, 3:16 p.m.

Brain cancer is...

...celebrating Valentines Day.

Here's the lesson, kids.  Life is simultaneous, not sequential.  Things don't happen one at a time.  And they don't sort  into "bad" and "good" things.  In life, everything happens at the same time:  Very bad things, very good things, typical things, unimportant things, huge things, tiny things, personally significant things, annoying things...all of the things, all at the same time. 

So please don't feel guilty celebrating the holidays.  [Shout outs:  Thanks, Beth and Geoff, for the velvet undies and a great Valentines Day lunch.  Thanks, TSQD (and Mo), for the massage of the year.  Thanks, Mer and Matt for the great memories of last year's VDay.  Thanks, Melanie and Gail, for the offer to visit.  Rain check!]

And also celebrate every single happy moment of awesomeness that comes your way.  Alex:  congrats on the honors society nomination.  Heck yeah!

There are plenty of tears all around, we know, but it shouldn't only be tears, right?  Keep celebrating.  We certainly plan to.