Well, my life has now changed forever.
I posted a couple weeks ago about getting married and my mom's leukemia. Last Monday, my mom left the hospital and went home and had hospice set up at the house because the experimental drug didn't work. I found out on I guess the 11th. Spent a lot of time with Mom at the hospital that weekend, and all week at my parents house. Thursday morning, with all of us around her, she died from the cancer. To say it sucks is an understatement. 59 years old, and then gone. I'm glad that I had time with my mom in her last week to talk about things and get some stuff off my chest that I may have regretted not saying. 5 days later and it's still not any easier. We have a real close family, we all live here in St. Louis and do a lot of stuff together. Angela and I, and the rest of the family, have been trying to keep Dad busy, he's really struggling with this, he and my mom met when she was 16, he was 17. She always took care of everything, so now we are going to have to teach him basic computer skills to pay bills and bank. Man, this just sucks. We had really hoped that the drug would work, I guess looking for a miracle. Mom had made peace with it, although I know she didn't want to go. Hardest thing I ever did was hold her hand as she slipped away. That was tough...
