Assent and affirmation …

… A Commonplace Blog: Choosing life in the face of death. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The thing to remember is what Naomi and I have learned from this six-and-a-half-year journey: life is not a matter of peak experiences, of amazing sights and even more amazing thrills, but of small pleasures—a good meal, a good book, good company, good conversation. Right there is where life needs to take hold of the gravely ill again.