100,000 and Counting….
Instead of writing about my continuing recovery from breast cancer, I am going a different direction with this instalment of The Adventures of Toby the Ta-Ta Tumour and would like to share the details of “100,000 and Counting”. That number is very bittersweet. As of November 2023, it is the number of quilts that Victoria’s Quilts Canada has distributed to cancer patients since its inception in 1999. It is a huge accomplishment to be celebrated but at the same time, so very sad that so many people received a quilt because they are afflicted with cancer. I was fortunate enough to receive a quilt just after my second chemotherapy session. On that dull Sunday afternoon in November 2022, I was bald, pale, sick, fatigued beyond belief and wearing my Sunday Best sweatpants – the ones without holes caused by sharp dog toenails. I remember the volunteer who delivered the quilt to me – a very petite older lady with a sweet smile and soft vo...