a long-expected phone call
May. 2nd, 2007 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valarltdMy sister called me today. (not ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jlm121, my other sister)
My stepfather is dying in earnest. Mom expects him to go tonight or tomorrow. They have everything planned and under control.
I'm stuck here, 500 miles away.
Sad, relieved, angry, yep, indescribable is the best.
Fucking Cancer.
Mom got five years with a good man. Not near payment enough for the 20 years spent with lousy ones.
Michelle left a husband and two sons behind when she died at age 37.
thamiris
My own uncomfortable months and treatments in the last four years for breast lumps and squamous cervical cells.
_redpanda_
Mom, for the same squamous cells that led to a hysterectomy.
minitrog
Skip the hugs and sympathy. I'm furious. Do something instead.
Go toreannon's LJ and donate to the Relay for Life.
Make a daily visit to http://www.thebreastcancersite.com
Make a cap for a chemo patient. http://www.chemocaps.com
Donate to St. Jude's Hospital. www.stjude.org
Make a blanket with Project Linus for a kid undergoing something painful.
jlm121, my other sister)My stepfather is dying in earnest. Mom expects him to go tonight or tomorrow. They have everything planned and under control.
I'm stuck here, 500 miles away.
Sad, relieved, angry, yep, indescribable is the best.
Fucking Cancer.
Mom got five years with a good man. Not near payment enough for the 20 years spent with lousy ones.
Michelle left a husband and two sons behind when she died at age 37.
thamirisMy own uncomfortable months and treatments in the last four years for breast lumps and squamous cervical cells.
_redpanda_Mom, for the same squamous cells that led to a hysterectomy.
minitrogSkip the hugs and sympathy. I'm furious. Do something instead.
Go to
reannon's LJ and donate to the Relay for Life.Make a daily visit to http://www.thebreastcancersite.com
Make a cap for a chemo patient. http://www.chemocaps.com
Donate to St. Jude's Hospital. www.stjude.org
Make a blanket with Project Linus for a kid undergoing something painful.
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Date: 2007-05-02 05:53 pm (UTC)