Bob has been diagnosed with cancer. He's my dad's best friend. Kendra, Bob's wife, is one of my mom's closest friends. I can only barely remember before we knew them. I can't imagine more than once ever seeing either of them not smiling. We'd known he might have it since the fifth. Now it's certain. Bob has been really sick the past few weeks. They're debating chemo and "quality of life." ...I can't think of this in terms of anything but facts.