Six Months to Live: Learning from a Young Man with Cancer [Paperback]

I wouldnt trade my lifefor anyone elses. If I could choose not to have cancer, and continue my life as it was, I wouldnt do it.  Matt Gauger.

Youre twenty-two, in love,and just starting a career. The last thing youre worried about is the purpose of life (whatever that means) and when youre going to die. If you think about such things, you certainly dont talk about them.

With his sociable personality and loveof music and basketball, Matt had plenty of friends but didnt really stand out from the crowd. Then, a month before his wedding, he was diagnosed with cancer. Six months later he was dead. ButSix Months to Liveisnt really about dying. Its the story of how Matt and his family and friends struggled to accept his suffering, and how it changed each of them. Its about facing (rather than avoiding) lifes most important questions, and  instead of going through the motions  living life to the full.A little book,but a grand witness . . . Matts story reminds us that though dying is a gritty and painful process, death does not have the final word.--Gerald L. Sittser,authorAn extraordinary account simple and profound. Matts struggle is one we will all eventually have to go through.--Francis S. MacNutt,author,HealingIt is a tragedywhen a life is cut this short, though in being compressed it becomes like a diamond. Through the clarity of this prism we can see a life lived for God, and lived well.--Frederica Mathewes-Green,columnistContentsPreface1. The Blow2. Gobbler3. Cynthia4. Life with Chemo5. Back to the Front6. Learning to Let Go7. Before Morning8. Ties that Bind9. New SeedsCodaCompelling&Six Months to Livecapturesthe essence of dying with dignity and grace. I have never read a book about dying that left me with such a feeling of peace.--Judy Lentz,former CEO, Hospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationSix Months to Livetears at the slãå