Why did this have to happen now? “I thought you said I was in the clear?” Don’t panic, don’t panic, don’t panic. Huh, easier said than done. At least the shock wasn’t as bad as the first time I’d heard those dreaded words. I wonder how most people handle stuff like this.

The first time around, the fear had been so great I was sure there was no way I was going to make it. That time had come at the darkest time in my life when everything had been turned upside down, and I ...