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Published: Mar 8, 2010
My friend Julie turned me on to cancerchick.com [3], the web site of her friend Mary Herczog, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996. Mary shared her ups and downs on this site for years; I got there late, when it was obvious she’d almost run out of time. On February 16, she finally gave it up; last weekend, there was a memorial service in Los Angeles. Julie wrote to me after: “I know it sounds weird, but it was life affirming and inspiring. The memorial started with Richard Thompson performing and ended with the traditional New Orleans' style "Second Line" with a wonderful jazz brass band, at the oddly wonderful Hollywood Cemetery. She deserved it; she was beloved.”