From the moment he found out, James has been with me. He left work and rushed home when I told him and the people at his station quickly helped send him on his way and wished us both well. James and I have both had our falling-apart moments, but we've also been incredibly optimistic. Although we've both put on a brave face and do what we can to be positive, every once in a while we'd shed some tears because this isn't like getting a tooth pulled...this is major surgery to remove cancer from my body. We're scared and we're sad. I've had many nights on our front porch either sitting in the chair next to him or sitting on his lap while we held each other. He had a major golf tournament that he's played in for several years and was ready to cancel it if I said the word. I didn't say it because I was fully aware that the last night of the tournament was the night that was when the significant others could join their men and celebrate another grea...