Gonna be off line for a while I think, I don’t know how well I will be able to connect.
I am off to Connecticut to be at my brother’s side. His wife, who has been dealing with a metastacized breast cancer that attacked her liver has been on a down hill slide for a while. Now she is dying and he needs support.
So we are exercising the credit card….
Talk to you later
Be safe, friend.
Oh my. I’ll be thinking of you and sending good thoughts. x
Oh good heavens!!
My thoughts are with you as well.
Blimey, you are going through a lot …
this is a tough year in the gardens. sending hugs to the entire clan… you are a good sister for doing this…
I will keep you & your family in my thoughts, HMH.
oh dear. I had hoped this would be a better year for you. sending love and hugs xx
Boy, oh boy. Sometimes life really throws it at you. Take care, and we’ll look forward to your return.
Debra died peacefully at 6:15p.m. yesterday evening. Her liver failed due to the advanced cancer which had metastasized. On Thurs. evening they went out to dinner, and while she felt a little ill, she was doing “OK”. The next morning she was unresponsive and convulsing, so she was transported to the hospital. Her liver failed very quickly, and while she was comatose most of Friday and Saturday, we were with her all day Sat. She loved music, as do all of us, and so we were singing to her. It was obvious that she was nearing the end of her life, and Ted, Barbara and I (Barbara is my older sister) sang the round Dona Nobis Pacem in three part harmony to her. We decided to recite the Lord’s Prayer together, and she opened her eyes and said it with us. She cried two tears, told Ted she loved him and then breathed her last breaths.
We are all very tired and in shock. Thank you all for your thoughts and support.
I really don’t know what to say, so I won’t say more than, again, I’m thinking of you and your family.
Your family singing Dona Nobis Pacem: it gives me chills to think about it. To be together and to be so present at such a time. I’m sorry you’ve had to go through all this, but amazed at the grace you’ve done it with.
I can only thank my sisters for responding as they did when when my wife Debra was on her deathbed. Thank you, thank you. It would have been much much harder had they been unable to help in this desperate hour of my need.