Why am I tearing up? Its not that I am an avid Apple user. I think the only iProduct I have is an iPod. Its the fact that he passed away.

My first interaction with a computer was in typing class in 1988 and it was a Macintosh computer. Oddly enough, I was unimpressed and was more interested in the stars. Two years after the Challenger explosion, I didnt think me learning how to type on a computer was going to go anywhere.

Fast forward 10 years later and I am meeting my soon to be husband… (now ex). I am meeting friends as far away as Europe. And computers became my thing. I was hooked. Addicted.

Fast forward another 13 years and I am in the hospital. Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. Recovering from having a full Hysterectomy. And it was the scariest day of my life. Before… I didnt know how scary the word Cancer was. I saw survivors and I heard of the ones that didnt make it. And I was sad. But I didnt REALIZE.

Now I do.

And the fact that Steve Jobs passed away due to complications from Pancreatic Cancer. I am even more scared. Because I know now. I know that Cancer is a two way road. And I am at the crossroads between being healthy and being seriously sick.

So why am I tearing up? Because I felt like we not only lost a great inspiration in Technology; someone who helped bring my childhood favorites of Star Trek tech come to life in my generation, but a fighter of a disease that doesnt only kill. It destroys.

My your journey to the next life bring you peace and happiness and joy, Mr. Jobs.