Reporting in from Portland

[scarlettina]

I have a number of things I want to write about today.

* Doctor Who: The End of Time Part II
* Demons, a new supernatural series on BBCA
* My Portland visit so far See below.
* More thoughts on the job search
* Book review/report on Ken Scholes' novel LamentationI don't know when or if I'll get to all of these things, but those are my LJ goals. I

Comments

[mevennen]

This is the trouble with cancer (OK, apart from the obvious) - it's so fucking time consuming. What you are doing is amazing, and purely from the perspective of someone who has been through it even though I am on the other side of the world in this instance - thank you for doing this for our friend.

[scarlettina]

First, you're welcome, though I don't really think thanks are necessary (or wanted, honestly).

Here's the thing: I don't think I'm doing anything, anymore than calendula_witch or shellyrae did last week, or than others will do next week and so on. I'm helping out a friend and trying to make sure he can move forward as independently as he can for as long as he can. And the truth is this is my opportunity to make that difference because I live three hours away and can't do nearly as much from a distance. Also, I don't know how often I'll be able to come down to do this sort of thing, so, you know, make hay while the sun shines and all that....

[mevennen]

When my late partner was dying, and when Trevor was ill, I really appreciated what people did, or offered to do. Sometimes it was things that might seem very small. When my father was in the army (he fought in WWII), someone gave him a free cup of tea. He's still talking about that, 70 years later. In 70 years' time, I'll still be talking about the free pot of tea that some lads gave me on a Chinese housing estate in 1994, when I was lost and was waiting for a boat.

I know what you mean. With other people, it's just that you do what you do. But to the person on the receiving end, it can make more difference than you know. It's not even getting the support - nine times out of ten, I didn't need it. But it is knowing that the support is there that is so important, and that enables one to go on.

You can do the smallest thing, and it can have the biggest impact.

[jaylake]

What she said. And yes, thank you, Janna. Very much.