Hilary Schramm:  

As time passes I find the need to reflect. I remember a time when I thought I would never get out of school, and now how much more I would appreciate all those history classes. How I should have voiced my opinions more. I look back on my mothers passing and wonder what would I have done if I had been there. Would I have been frozen in fear or jumped in and done abdominal thrusts. I guess only God knows what I would have done. I can mark that day in time as having a new, fresh outlook on life, and at least to me, a newer appreciation of those around me and the world around me. That moment in time changed my life and many things that were important to me and my way of life took on a new perspective. Now with the kids grown, not necessarily matured, but grown, in college, I am waiting to enjoy the empty nest, the quiet empty nest. Waiting for college to start this fall, and then ahhh. Kids at school in Fullerton, husband at work in Houston and me here in Shadow Hills. As many of you know from reading my profile on falcons.com I have had the opportunity to experience the life of one who has had two different types of cancer, unrelated to eachother, and both resistant to chemotherapy. I would not wish cancer upon anyone but am thankful that I have had the opportunity to experience this aspect of me growing in my life experiences and making a decision on how to proceed in this life. Malignant melanoma, take it out, do follow up, cannot do chemo until it spreads, if it ever does. Done! Six years later, wow, leiomyosarcoma or cancer of the smooth muscles. Again, no chemo until it ...Expand for more