| My father died from lung cancer on
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| | was past,
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| January third, 2005. After entering a
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| | it was time to look up and move ahead.
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| nursing facility for rehab, we soon
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| | But the end of new years now fills me
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| discovered that he had stage four
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| | with darkness,
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| small-cell lung cancer. He lived for
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| | thoughts of tomorrow now fill me with
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| three and one-half weeks after his
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| | dread.January third was once like any
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| diagnosis.While January third never had
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| | other,
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| any signficance before, it now holds
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| | until the third of this year that is now
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| signficance for me that I would never
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| | past.
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| have imagined.The words to the poem
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| | For it was on that dark Monday that you
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| describe how one often feels about the
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| | up and left us,
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| anniversary of a person's death.Before
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| | a reminder that few things will
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| this year, for as long as I recall,
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| | last.Before this year, for as long as I
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| January was a good month for me.
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| | recall,
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| Though winter brought snow, and a
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| | January was a good month for me.
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| deep-seated chill,
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| | Now the winter brings snow, and a
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| it was the beginning of the end you
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| | deep-seated chill,
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| see.For January meant winter, and winter
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| | it is the beginning of the end you
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| means spring,
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| | see.For January means winter, and winter
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| and spring is the beginning of life,
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| | means spring,
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| The death of the fall season, with its
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| | but spring now seems so far away.
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| debris and decay,
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| | But every January third brings back
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| marks the termination of struggle and
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| | memories of you,
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| strife.January one was the day of
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| | and the pain we all shared on that
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| beginnings,
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| | day.Roland Cavanaugh is on staff at a
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| hope filled the air all around,
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| | large church serving as the Pastor of
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| Even as winter grew deeper, and the days
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| | Congregational Care and Sr. Adults. He
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| grew shorter,
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| | has self-published a book about his late
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| the promise of newness did
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| | father, "For As Long As I Can.
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| abound.January second denoted new years
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