13 Chapter Embrace the Unknown
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Author Unknown
Bill Murphy, my friend and father-in-law for 10 years, went to the doctor one day feeling fine, only to find out a few weeks later that he had lymphoma cancer throughout his body. No one could ever be sure how they would handle such an extreme unexpected change until they were faced with it. Bill had always been a structured, persistent, strong person, but cancer with a high terminal percentage presented with no warning? Well,
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