C's to ponder

1. Cancer:  Really God?  Where did you come up with this idea? 
2. Chemotherapy:  Again.  Really?  Someday, in the Star Trek-like future, will we look at chemo like we now look at blood letting?
3. Crying:  I gave up on that 25 years ago when Dad died.  I feel like crying these days.  In my mind, crying serves no purpose and is embarrassing.  I'm considering whether or not a good cry would ease the pain that is taking over my heart.
4. Co-workers:  I get the team concept.  I get the fact that we all have our contributions and I love a good team's synergy.  I do not however, enjoy spending time with my co-workers.  However, there is a new person on my team that I enjoy.  Go figure.  We both like the one application that no one else in our office likes.  
5. Chocolate:  If there is a savior in all of life's little miseries, it is chocolate.  It is the goodness to all evil.
6. Cats and Canines:  How is it that a proven cat lover has given way to a canine?  I love my dog.  I cannot imagine life without her.  Right now, her muzzle is on my left wrist as I type and she is cuddled up next to me like a security blanket.  She is the love of my life.
7. Cake:  Last night as my friend and her near-three-year-old drove to the grocery store together, we asked the three-year-old what he would like for supper.  His brilliant answer was:  Cake.  One of my current favorite sayings is, Life is short, eat dessert first.  Today we are going to bake Ree Drummond's famous Chocolate Birthday cake for my birthday.  Tonight for supper, we will have cake!  Life is short...
8. Coffee:  I have discovered a favorite Starbucks blend: Tribute.  If you haven't tried it yet, make time to indulge yourself with a Vente.  Add milk and sugar if you like it that way.  It enhances the sensuous flavor.  Another great coffee find is sugar free hazelnut creamer (powder form).   It is neither healthy nor good for you, but I bought a second container at the store last night because again, life is short.
9. Chocolate Chips and Cream:  Two of the three ingredients in the Chocolate Birthday Cake recipe frosting.  No powdered sugar, no butter...  just warm the cream, pour it over the chocolate chips to melt, cool and whip with a little vanilla when you're ready to frost the cooled cake.   This frosting is glorious.  If you don't want to make the cake, at least make the frosting and eat it with a spoon.
10. Cure:  Will there ever be a cure for cancer? 
11. Closure:  Enough is enough.  Sometimes you have to say, enough.