Got Courage?

A few days before my mastectomy, I asked my husband, “Are you scared?” He thought a minute and said, “That’s kinda like when you ask ‘does this make my butt look big?’ If I tell you I’m not scared, you’ll think I don’t care. But if I say I’m scared, you’ll be scared too.”

What a conundrum. So we decided we’d ask one another if we felt courageous. Took fear right out of the equation. And it made us smile every time.