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Thought I'd start one.
I just read the thread for yesterday, and it makes me sad. I think that this will be my Mom's last Christmas. She is now in late stage metastatic breast cancer, and is at home on morphine, and oxygen. For the past two years, we were aware that it could be her last, and they were very special days - no fuss, lovely family time. Now, after living for two years on sheer will, I think that she is ready to let go. She said to me yesterday "I don't think this is worth it". And she has told quite a few people that making it to Christmas is not a really big goal for her.
So I am doing her Christmas shopping for her - going to the store, getting lists of things that she wants, showing her the list, she chooses something, and I go and get it. I hope she realizes that means I intend her to be there when the grand kids open the gifts.
I just read the thread for yesterday, and it makes me sad. I think that this will be my Mom's last Christmas. She is now in late stage metastatic breast cancer, and is at home on morphine, and oxygen. For the past two years, we were aware that it could be her last, and they were very special days - no fuss, lovely family time. Now, after living for two years on sheer will, I think that she is ready to let go. She said to me yesterday "I don't think this is worth it". And she has told quite a few people that making it to Christmas is not a really big goal for her.
So I am doing her Christmas shopping for her - going to the store, getting lists of things that she wants, showing her the list, she chooses something, and I go and get it. I hope she realizes that means I intend her to be there when the grand kids open the gifts.