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As I hugged a dear friend at her mother’s funeral, with tears in her eyes she said to me, “I wish you could have known her.” Oh, but I do know her! I know her because I know the woman she raised. The one who passionately lives life, who gives without wanting to receive, the […]
Posted at: May 10th, 2008 - 6:45 am - Number of Comments » 0
“Yes, many of us have lost loved ones to cancer. And when we ourselves have it, those deaths are a flash of our own mortality from the disease. My first grandchild was born yesterday. Will I see her grow up to experience life? I have decided that my path through cancer has helped me to […]
Posted at: May 9th, 2008 - 6:15 am - Number of Comments » 0
One year I called on a woman on my child’s soccer team who had buried her mother who died of cancer the month before. I didn’t really know her that well and felt a little awkward dropping by so early on a Sunday as I was heading out for my daily walk in nature. But […]
Posted at: May 7th, 2008 - 5:36 am - Number of Comments » 1
Robin was four years old when her mother died. At the funeral, she was calm and strong—a little mother herself, helping her grieving father and older siblings. People commented on how well she was doing. She continued to do well for some years after that. And when she turned twelve, her dog died. Something inside […]
Posted at: May 6th, 2008 - 5:33 am - Number of Comments » 0
Mother’s Day isn’t only for those of us whose heart is aching as we remember the last moments spent with our mothers. You can feel pain on Mother’s Day for various reasons: —If you’ve lost your mother and you’re facing the first Mother’s Day without her —If you’ve lost children and feel the void especially […]
Posted at: May 5th, 2008 - 5:27 am - Number of Comments » 0