From: Ann/Mom
Date: 25 Mar 2003
Time: 20:00:12 -0800
Remote Name: 198.179.130.75
I feel somewhat speechless today. Really I just wanted to acknowledge this day and that my dear Steven is greatly missed. When John and I updated this website with the treatment progress reports John did most of the work until I took over the final months. We tried to keep those updates as positive as possible because Steven would read them and I would ask him "is that ok; what we put?" and he would say "yes." But, it was not always as it seemed; we left out many of the difficulties and frustrations. The disease of cancer and leukemia is horrble and the treatment is often worse than that. Words can't describe what Steven went through but he was terribly brave and strong throughout the ordeal. We are proud of his courage, strength, and will to live. When I tried to talk to him about the possiblity of death he said "I don't want to die, I have too much to live for." It is hard to go on after that. Live life the best you can. We love you Steven.
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