Thursday Night is Health Care Change Night at ePluribus Media and Daily Kos. This week, new diarist evelette posted a lyrical account of her own reckoning with death in her diary, (linked above) When Health Care Works.

When evelette learned she was suffering from cancer, she was given three choices:

1. Undergo a single mastectomy with or without reconstruction;
2. Undergo a double mastectomy with or without reconstruction;
3. Do nothing and hope for the best.

Fortunately, thanks to state subsidized health coverage in New Mexico (partially socialized medicine), evelette was able to make the right choice for her. Her decision has deepened her already strong relationship with her boyfriend, and also with her friends and co-workers, and brought new joy into her life. You can find out how that happened by reading her diary.

On streetprophets, diarist ramara (who is also a cancer survivor) reflected on her joy at playing Beethoven’s eroica a year after her kidney was removed. She wrote a D’Var Torah about “First Fruits” as her offering of Thanks. The D’Var Torah blossomed into a weekly series. To celebrate the return of “First Fruits,” she reposted her diary last night.

I hope these diaries inspire a joyous and fruitful Labor Day Weekend.