The month was November, the year was 1999. Michelle had celebrated her 30th birthday in July. The world was filled with apprehension about Y2K. Amid looming possibilities of computer software not being able to turn the century, the fear of data loss and the disruption of business, our family was dealing with a much larger fear. Our daughter, our very healthy only child, had just been diagnosed with a very rare cancer - malignant thymoma - Stage IV. In the months and years that followed her courage sustained us. Michelle's surgery to remove 2 large tumors - one from the pleura lining of her...