Enjoy Every Sandwich
Posted by Troy | Filed under Cancer, Music
I’ll have to admit that I wasn’t very familiar with Warren Zevon.
Of course I knew “Werewolves of London,” but that was pretty much all I’d ever heard from the guy until he was diagnosed with cancer in 2002.
I noticed him then.
I’d only just recovered from my first bout with cancer and anytime I saw Warren on TV or whatever, I stopped to listen.
and everything he said made sense.
There is some sort of solidarity that comes with suffering.
If you’re blessed enough to have suffered very little, then you don’t know it…
But for those of us that have endured sickness, or hurt, or oppression, or poverty, or real loss… there is a connectedness.
Following news of his diagnosis, Warren appeared on Letterman’s show as the sole guest of the evening. I never really stay up late enough to watch Letterman, but I remember watching this.
When Dave asks him what has changed since he’d gotten the news, started treatment, etc.
Warren replies, “You put more value on every minute… you learn to enjoy every sandwich”
And that is just the thing.
For those of us lucky enough to have endured great suffering, even looked death right in the eye and survived, now find the minutiae of life magical.
I can take such great pleasure in something as simple as a sandwich, or an illustration, or something silly my kid says, or a song, or a breath of fresh air.
That is what Strong Odors is all about.
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