I am enormously grateful for all of the well wishes from friends, family, acquaintances, and others. I appreciate the offers of food, driving, stories of adversity, and every other good thought sent my (and my family's) way.
I realize that I have an amazing scientific opportunity here. So many people have told me they will pray for me. And to be clear - I am very grateful for that and am touched by the love.
The opportunity, though, is that there is a wide range of faith traditions represented in these offers. I wonder if I can set up some type of schedule, and then get specific data on which prayers work best. Maybe I can set up a specific schedule, and then see what types of good and bad news I get during, say, the Methodist period, versus the Episcopalian time. Coming from a faith tradition as an atheistic Jewish Unitarian, and very much appreciating data, this could be enormously useful.
And by the way, I haven't actually been diagnosed with a brain tumor quite yet, but I do reserve the right to circle back around and use that as an excuse for this particular idea. I do realize that the "I have a brain tumor" excuse is likely limited - I shouldn't just throw it out there every time I forget an anniversary, and I have already pre-used it for this.
"Certainly, this was an offensive idea, but remember, I (may possibly) have a brain tumor."
So, for those whose deity has a sense of humor and I haven't completely offended, I will send you a link to the prayer google doc.
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