Showing posts with label cancer ribbon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer ribbon. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Everything's Funny...or Not

I'm not sure if the slightly dark humor invading our conversations is a sign of avoiding the worry or accepting the reality.

It's kind of the typical operating mode for the girls and I but even Kevin is getting in some good ones now.

Today I was already in the produce aisles at WalMart when he came in from parking the truck.

"Hey, I saw a car with pink ribbons on it in the parking lot."
"Yes, honey. I think those are for breast cancer awareness."
"I know. But I was thinking...if breast cancer gets a pink ribbon, what color is MY ribbon?"

I stop the cart and stare at him.

"Because I'm thinking the ribbon for rectal cancer has to be BROWN."

I laughed until I cried. Maybe because it was so funny. Maybe because it was even funnier coming from Kevin. Maybe because he has cancer and nothing is really funny right now.