I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
My sister is in the hospital, had her colostomy removed and had problems again. She got out of ICU on Thursday and into a regular room. She seems to be improving. Talks a little goofy at times. Could be the pain meds she is still on. Not sure how much longer she will be in the hospital.
My brother-in-law is deteriorating fast. His 2nd son does not think he will make it another week. He has all but stopped eating at this point. He has lost so much weight. He was losing 10 lbs a month when he was eating 1800 calories a day. So far he has lost another 10 lbs just last week. The cancer is eating him alive from the inside out. He can talk and think fairly clear most of the time. He is very weak and has to be hand fed what he does eat. It is not a pretty site.
If I do not start a thread later this week or next week, it will be because of the funeral... prayers for the family please.... This is difficult...
I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old, the stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "it will just be ignored."
It was a late spring this year. Winter just never seemed to want to leave. As a result, we have had a late bloom on the lilacs... the lovely purple heads are just beginning to peek out and the sweet aroma becomes stronger as you approach the bush. Lilacs have always been an important part of my life. In childhood, the leaves became our currency and the bush was our bank. When i was 5, two events happened so quickly in my life. My oldest sister was married and two weeks later, my youngest sister was born. My oldest sister's husband was the first guy to be brought into the family. It was like gaining a big brother. He taught us what guys do and helped us understand those strange ways of the male species. Thru-out the years he gave us so many memories... we have the video of him stuck in the broom-closet one thanksgiving... there were the horses that the family had... the house they bought and built... and the kids that they had that were as close as family could get. and now he's gone... a victim of cancer that slowly wiped the life from his body. but how lucky can he get that the lilacs waited for him this year... they can wave their purple heads at him and say goodbye.... they can leave their lovely scent in the air! and it will be a reminder of a beautiful life lived just long enough.... and yet not long enough... Goodbye, Clyde.... thanks for being a part of my life.
Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. I pray that he does not have to endure much more suffering. I'm glad your sister is improving!
