Today was the day. Does anyone else follow the funnies like I do?  Every time the paper arrives I run through the same sequence: first For Better or Worse, then Funky Winkerbean, then Baby Blues, and Zits.  You have pretty much got life’s whole spectrum right there.  Today you got the end of life’s spectrum when Funky’s Lisa Moore died from a breast cancer recurrence. It’s the funnies. It’s not real. Still, I sorta got a knot in my stomach opening the paper the last couple weeks watching her move through chemo and then hospice care. The story was compelling. It hits home because an old friend of mine was recently diagnosed with breast cancer herself. I worry.

This is a fictional account of many people’s real life. None of us gets out of here alive of course, but sadly, many of us go way too soon. Funky Winkerbean’s artist/author has established Lisa’s Legacy to help those living this story today.   Lisa’s Story – The Other Shoe is a compilation of the strips where can catch the whole story if you missed it in the paper this year.