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| Title: | Who will I talk to when you're gone? |
| Authors: | Vander Naald, Breanne |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Abstract: | Two days before I came to the Biostation, my dad, Phil Vander Naald, was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer. There is a one percent chance that he will be around for my twenty-sixth birthday. That my dad will not be there to see me get married and have children is a thought that robs me of my breath every time it enters my head. Even when we had an argument, there was still the expectation that we would have another 30 to 40 years to spend together. Not talking for a few months was not viewed in the same way as it is today: when every month is precious and many things simply aren’t important enough to worry about much less argue over. The saddest irony of it all is that I started smoking cigarettes again when I heard about Dad’s cancer and all three of my other siblings smoke to some degree and my dad is dying of a cancer usually cause by smoking. |
| Description: | Environmental Writing and Great Lakes Literature |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57728 |
| Appears in Collections: | Biological Station, University of Michigan (UMBS)
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