A woman I work with sent me that same statement right after she found out she had liver cancer. She's still as ornery as she was before the diagnosis.

i've temporarily tamed it down in favor of being here to get the kids reared up, but once they're embarked on their own lives i plan to get right back to it.

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"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a Ride!'

Enjoy the "tame" years as much as the wilder times to come.