Alice's cancer was a particularly aggressive type. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation - repeated treatments over a number of years - have been required. She chronicled her troubles in a journal, recording minute details of her aches and pains. She believed she needed to be symptom-free in order to enjoy life. Accordingly, she became reclusive, venturing out on only the rarest of occasions.
On one of those infrequent sojourns, Alice found herself too exhausted to get back home without a rest stop. She chose to seek refuge from the Sacramento summer's blistering heat in a movie theater. And she thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It surprised her to realize there was no reason she could not enjoy the show if she weren't pain free. She could still be happy in the moment.
Alice no longer journals her misery. There isn't enough time in a day to waste any of it.
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