Dear Cousin Pam and the Cancer inside you…

My beloved Cousin Pam has cancer. Here is the thing — there are perhaps three or four people in the world who make up my soul, and Cousin Pam is one of them. She is nine years younger than me, and we grew up together with me as her big sister. She’s been by my side through two marriages and one start-up company; she was there for me while I was raising my fabulous Sarah, and I officiated at her marriage (If you know…