Originally Posted by
CouponLadybird
this thread has me looking like this :bawling:
All of your stories are all so touching. I lost my Grandmother to cancer when I was young....I don`t remember much about her (I was 7) but what I do see everyday is the heartbreak my Grandfather experiences from loosing her.
Cancer has shaped how we live as a family, how we think, our priorities:
DH`s uncle worked hard his whole life, at a physically and mentally draining job he hated. He missed every occasion, birthdays, holidays, family events, his kids growing up because of work. He soldiered on because the light at the end of the tunnel was retirement -a time when he could just relax and enjoy time with his wife and kids, do things he wanted to do, instead of doing things he had to do. Retirement finally arrived- he booked his `honeymoon`with his wife. He was over the moon to be finally at the point he could enjoy life. Two weeks before their vacation he went to the doctor for what he thought would be a routine exam.....it wasn`t routine at all.....he had cancer.....
He never got a chance to go on his honeymoon, or enjoy time with his wife, kids or grandkids.......he died 4 months later.
His last advice to DH was to live fully, not waste his life on things that don`t matter in the end.
We are determined to fully enjoy life, enjoy time with eachother, cherish our children.....we think of DH`s uncle often and are determined to live our life to the fullest, everyday, not waiting for tomorrow -as none of us know what tomorrow will hold.