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Part Two: When Someone You Love is Dying
Update
If you’re one of my regular readers, you know my 93-year-old mother-in-law was recently diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. The first part of this story has the same title, and I said I would share this burden with you in hopes that it would help someone going through something similar. I really was thinking in terms of helping others, but I have to tell you that so many of you offered good wishes, prayers, and support to us, that it really did ease the burden, and I want to say thank you, most sincerely. I felt your love and positive energy, and it really helped, more than you know.
This is simply an update, again hoping that it helps others facing similar issues. My mother-in-law is amazing. She worries more about me than she does herself, concerned that taking her back and forth to appointments, therapy, and doctors will take a toll on me. The other thing she worries about is that she’ll get grouchy and say something that hurts my feelings. I told her if she did, I’d give it right back to her, which made her smile. I also told her I might put her in time out if it got too bad. That was worth a laugh, too.
There are some little things I’d like to share with you, hopefully some helpful hints that I hope you’ll consider when you or someone you care about is going through something like this. We know the…
