How’m I Doing? is a generic Blogger template. Simple and uncluttered. What an unusual name for a blog, I thought when I first entered. Then I read the subtitle:
“People routinely greet one another with, “How are you doing?” But when you have cancer, they really want to know how you are doing. This blog will contain posts that try to answer that question on as regular a basis as I can.”
Turns out the name is quite apropos after all.
This is the blog of Tim Cooper of Alabama, who is going through treatment for lung cancer. He mentions in one of the entries about Writing as Therapy. Something that one of our own reviewers mentioned once. Tim’s hard copy journal spilled over into this blog.
He writes in a clear and poignant way about his illness. He also manages some genteel humor along the way. The posts began in September of this year, and are infrequent, but very well written. One is almost immediately drawn in to our author’s life as he describes his treatments and shares his faith.
The latest entry is from November 14. I will be checking back to see how things are progressing for our hero. For surely anyone who faces this kind of test with such wit and grace is certainly a hero.
I cannot rate this blog in the normal way. It doesn’t seem proper. I’m giving it a 5 for breathtaking honesty.
And here’s a prayer that the author makes a full and speedy recovery.