In another October . . . many years ago . . . I was in a dark place. Facing a lot of scary unknowns with a little bit of hope. Yep. Back in late October of 2008, I was preparing for my first chemo treatment. At the time, I was pretty scared. Also hoping. . .  that things would work out for me. That the treatments would work. That I would be able to tolerate them okay. That my kids (one in college; one in high school) wouldn't be too worried [...]