On the ALK Positive Support Group pages, I see photos of smiling, loving families having incredible adventures while living with an unpredictable and unrelenting illness. Our family has taken the same snapshots with my husband smiling in the center, his face showing no signs of stage 4 lung cancer. These pictures show the tremendous well of love and resilience we all tap into every day. But on some days, I look at these families and see my own weaknesses. The others seem to be managing this illness so well, so positively, while I wrestle with an obscured future.

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