Courage in facing death

[Pat Mathews]

Blessings on her and your dad and you. My sister died the same way, so I know how it hurts.


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> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:19:08 -0700
> From: harrellmedleg at yahoo.com
> Subject: Courage in facing death
> To: brin-l at mccmedia.com
> 
> Years ago, someone asked me who my real-life heroes
> were (as opposed to frex Captain Picard), and thought
> it odd when I replied, after some thought, that my
> parents were.  That answer remains true today, having
> watched them confront my mom's pancreatic cancer,
> diagnosed just over three years ago; not in-your-face
> bravery, but the tight-lipped determination to fight
> such a terminal diagnosis with everything (surgery,
> radiation, chemotherapy), and then the long, long
> journey toward accepting that some wars cannot be won.
>  Not graceful acquiescence, not pretty surrender -
> while Mom portrayed the gracious officer's wife
> flawlessly, she grew up in the projects of
> Philidelphia, and never lost that inner tough core -
> but begrudging retreat when the cancer returned last
> year.  Dad's steadfast faithfulness never ceased,
> though I am sure it must have wobbled at times.  She
> died at home, as she wished.
> 
> Debbi
> Bless Hospice Maru
> 
> 
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