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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Alice Neumann Lee
12.24.28 — 07.25.02
For seven decades, she measured the goodness of the day by what she was able to accomplish. I cleaned like there was no tomorrow, she’d say. So when the cancer and the treatments and the side effects stole her energy, her productivity weakened and faltered until the day it disappeared completely. In a blink, her tomorrows were numbered. She did not speak of what was coming, but she knew. And in her knowing, she was fearless.
This photo and prose, along with a collection of my poetry, will appear in a new book from photographer Katy Tartakoff, in collaboration with Julie Whitney, Chris Casey and Jeannine Balsamo. Entitled As Is, the book chronicles the stories of men and women who have or have had breast cancer. For more information about the project, click Breast Cancer at www.katytartakoff.com.
On another note — HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my brother, Bryan, nephew, Davis, and friend, Annie Warren.