I hadn't seen Cherie or Alan since Monday afternoon. That was unusual. As I was walking past the front desk, I saw a sympathy card addressed to someone with the first name "Cherie". My heart sank. We don't know each other's last names here, so I tracked down a staff member, just to be sure. She softly let me know that Alan had died during the night. She said everyone was really surprised...they felt like he was a fighter and would have lived many more months.
It REALLY hit me hard. I hurt for Cherie. She had so much on her plate, but now she is without her husband of many years. But I guess this whole thing became more real to me. I have been able to put off the future by dealing with the day-to-day. I don't want to dwell on the future, full of things I know nothing of, but I don't want to ignore it either.
It is days like this that I want to ask why me? or why us? But I have learned during my life that I am to say, why not me? or why not us? It is not my place to question why, just trust God to help us through the "how". Take a big breath and a step forward....
On a brighter note, Justin says he is feeling better. He had quite a lot of energy today. After his treatment, we saw the medical team. Justin has no symptoms, no complaints and no questions. The doctor said, "so far, so good". They have no news to report, no issues and no problems. He said this is how he likes to see treatments go.
We went to the mall to walk a lap, and tonight we were given tickets to the Iowa men's basketball game. We are really looking forward to that.
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