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Carolina
Member

since 2001-08-17

Posts 224
Myrtle Beach, SC

0 posted 2003-07-17 08:26 PM

Her snow white hair felt soft like velvet
Against my cheeks and hands
All she kept saying between the sobs was
"This isn't what I'd planned."

This has been played so many times
In our home over the last three years
We struggle to comfort each other
And constantly fight back our tears.

She's stronger than steel, braver than most
She's been through her share of pain
Each year brings us questions of "Who's next?"
"How can we go through all that again?"

In 95 she lost her husband
To prostate cancer, it took him fast
One day they were celebrating 50 years wed,
The next year he was breathing his last.

In 99 she lost her older son
Hurricane Floyd forced the funeral to hurry
Pancreatic cancer didn't waste time
She never dreamed her son she would bury.

She's survived double masectomies
Always beating the cancer each time
And this past year her luck ran out
Pancreatic cancer is claiming its dine.

A call today brought more bad news
Her youngest son's tests came back
"Cancer of the liver, Nothing we can do
Six months and he'll be breathing his last"

She told me today she's giving up
On her life and she can't go on
One by one cancer's taking our family
After a while we'll all be gone.

She showed those doctors just what she's made of
When they told her two months at the most
Six months later she's nearing her end
Her last days are looming very close.

For now all I can do is be there to hug
And to offer my time to my Grandmother
And run my fingers through her soft velvet hair
For a few months we'll have each other.
*Please remember my family in your prayers tonight.* Lisa

Magia_negra
Member

since 2003-07-16

Posts 77
CA, USA

1 posted 2003-07-17 08:48 PM

Ay, Carolina, it brought tears to my eyes. Very emotional, strong write

...somos los locos para siempre
para siempre te amo
mi vida...

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

2 posted 2003-07-17 09:13 PM

Carolina - you brought a tear to my eye this night. My best is yours...

BC

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2003-07-17 09:48 PM

Some people are blessed
to have a grandparent live a long
and full life - that your own
grandmother has endured so much
tells me how strong YOU are...

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2003-07-21 03:40 PM

Very nice...James

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