Mine died seven years ago. She suffered a bout of leukemia, went through a debilitating round of chemotherapy, found a year or so of remission, and then was hospitalized for a few weeks before she passed away. She wasn’t going to go through the chemotherapy twice. She was , I think, ready to go. She mostly had been able to care for herself until that final hospitalization, and my dad was strong and held things together around the house for the two of them.
This mothers day I thought of Cyndy and Elaine. Their moms are alive but they present a terrible burden. I don’t know what to say about that. I hope when I go that I don’t linger.
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My Dad went several years ago almost instantly. My Mom is lingering in a nursing home. She continues a slow downward decline and keeps saying she wants to die. We all hurt for her. I want to go the way Daddy did.