Sads
My mother-in-law (Mrs. Robot’s mom that is) was diagnosed with breast cancer nine years ago. It has been a tough fight and there were lots of ups and downs.
Marine
I’ve known Brenda for 20 years. As a young woman she served in the Marine Corps, got married, had a baby (i.e. Mrs. Robot) and then her husband left her. Still not really sure what happened there but she was left to raise Mrs. Robot on her own. Single mom. It worked out fine in the end.
They are tough women.
Flight Cancellations
I write this as I sit in the Raleigh-Durham airport (motto: our Wifi barely works even if you pay for it!) after a wonky day. I was in Raleigh for work and was flying out this morning to go to sexy Indiana (motto: Rich thinks we’re sexy). Mrs. Robot was at her mother’s house also here in NC and yesterday she was realizing that things were declining quickly.
This morning I arrive at RDU to fly out and my flight is cancelled for some reason. I’m rebooked on a 6pm flight. Normally, this would this involve sitting in airports all day, but it allowed me time to rent a car and drive the 90 minutes to Mrs. Robot’s family homestead to visit her and her mom.
Strange how these things work out.
Tough
I arrived at the house this morning. The scene I found was heartbreaking. Mom-in-law is sleeping a lot. She’s not eating. We’ve gotten her to chew on ice and she seems to like that. But she isn’t responding to much. She opened her eyes and looked at me.
I hope she isn’t in pain, but I fear she is. She is sleeping but also seems to be struggling. The worst. I want to be an optimist, but I’ll probably be back in NC soon for the funeral.
The Update
She passed away last night. Her daughter and her sister were both at her side. I had spoken to Mrs. Robot earlier that evening and we were chuckling over a funny quip her mom had just said - and then she passed away hours later.
Hug People
We probably all need to hug our loved ones more often.
