We ordered take-out Chinese tonight in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The food was tasty, though for me, the highlight of the meal was neither the rice nor the dumplings; it was the uncannily appropriate teaching of a fortune cookie.

On one side of the slip of paper within:

"LEARN CHINESE - To wait
(deng)"

On the other:
"Faithless is he who quits when the road darkens"

Earlier in the day, I had read up on the myriad physical and psychological challenges of a bone marrow transplant. This gauntlet of risks and side-effects will likely be longer and potentially more trying than what I have been through thus far. I have no fear, though, as I charge ahead armed with the wisdom of tonight's dessert.