Dearest Shelter, this is heartbreaking news. I remember, it seems like a lot of years ago now, when you spoke here of Moms diagnosis for the first time. Then I really believed that she would make a full recovery, most patients do, but not everyone can be lucky. Life is not that fair. I know what it's like now, my boyfriend's mother died 15 months ago. It was a day I had been dreading for years, my hands start to shake at the memory. But here we still are, we made it through and so will you. You have a husband who will never let you down, he will get you through this. A mother's last thoughts are for the future of her children when she is no longer there to help them. As long as she knew that you, her beautiful boy, had a special man to keep him safe, to do the job she used to do, then I believe that she can go on her final journey with her mind at ease. At least that is the way I prepared for the inevitable in our case.
But for your poor dad, its going to be a long painful grieving process. Normaly I have little respect for religious ministers, but the one thing they are particularly good at is in consoling the bereaved. Is there someone from the church who can come out and talk to him?
