"The Never Normal"

I have not had a personal break since my wife was diagnosed.  When you are the one in the house responsible for everything (laundry, food, cleaning, child, etc) and you have little back-up, it is impossible to find a window to just get away...though, I have to admit, I am well passed in need of such a break.  Life is still surreal for me, even over a year after the surgeries and treatments...and I was not even the one who had the brain tumor.  You hear the term "the new normal" in reference to life after cancer...it should be more like "the never normal"...because a day can not go by without something reminding you of the damage done to your life by cancer.