On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> 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
Bless Hospice, indeed.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm glad your mom died with dignity, and as she wished.
Julia
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