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Mulan

Hi everyone. In case you are missing me a little, I am very involved with my dying cousin. Right now it is the middle of the night, and I can't sleep. My grief is becoming overwhelming. We have been like sisters, for our entire life, and it is such a terrible thing to face.

Today the hospice nurse told us that she only had a few more hours, or maybe a day left. On Sunday they told us 48 hours, and it seems to be true. Her sons arrived today, from New York and Wisconsin, and I think she knows they are there. What a horror this last two years has been.

If anyone is interested in our story, of leaving the Borg, it is at this URL:
. http://www.exjws.net/shunning/sharonkennedy.htm

For all you gals out there, PLEASE get yearly mammograms, and do the self exams. It will save your life.

Marilyn (a.k.a. Mulan)

Tina

(((((((((((mulan))))))))))))
We miss you,please take comfort and strength knowing you and your cuz are in our thoughts and heart! Luv always,Tina

Carl Sagan on balancing openness to new ideas with skeptical scrutiny..."if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense-you cannot distinguish useful ideas from worthless ones."

outnfree

Mulan,

I am missing you! And I am sorry for your trouble. I, too, have a cousin who is like a sister, and since my only sister is already dead, her cancer is a very scary thing for both of us.

Hugs and warm thoughts out to you (especially) and your family at this very difficult time.

outnfree

Par dessus toutes choses, soyez bons. La bonte est ce qui ressemble le plus a Dieu et ce qui desarme le plus les hommes -- Lacordaire

TR

Hi Mulan

We're here for ya. Very good advice.

TR

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
—Edmund Burke

Princess

I spoke to Mulan this morning. Sharon was awake during the night and was able to hold her grandson and talk to her boys for a few minutes. Today she is not conscious and has a high fever. The nurse does not expect her to hang on much longer.

Please check out Sharon's story at the link Mulan provided. It will give you a good idea of the kind of relationship Sharon and my mom share. The story ends with the diagnosis of breast cancer. Mulan was with her every step of the way, every doctor appt and chemo treatment.

My son is sad because he said one of his grandmas is going to die. Sharon smiled when she heard mom telling that she was a grandma to my kids.

Rachel

lisaBObeesa

((((mulan)))

I am so sorry.

TweetieBird

Warm hugs to you, Mulan.

Tweetie

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

lauralisa

Mulan,

I have bookmarked your cousin's story and will read it asap. My heart goes out to you... my mother died of breast cancer about five years ago, and I helped her through the last few weeks. It required everything I had in me. It was .... well. You are there so you know. You have my respect and concern. This has been a busy summer for you. (Wait... you are in Austrailia? It's winter there?) Yes, I'm a geography expert....

Please feel supported and highly regarded here....

lauralisa

It's only water from a stranger's tear (Peter Gabriel)

blondie

Mulan, you don't know me but I have read your posts. I have sat by the bedside of 1 close family member and 1 close friend in the last few years who died of cancer. I'm happy to hear that your cousin's family could be with her and give her comfort in this difficult time. When the time comes that her pain is over, you will have each other for comfort.

Blondie

Esmeralda

Second attempt to post in this thread, hope it doesn't repeat.

Mulan, you've been through way too much lately. I'm so sorry, I wish I could be there to sit with you during your vigil. I have cousins who were closer than sisters as well. They persist in shunning and I believe they think that life is infinite. That there is always time later to make up for it. I wish they didn't delude themselves that way and wouldn't waste any more precious time we could have together.

As Sharon's situation reminds us all so tragically that we are not immortal, and that the people we love dearly leave us all too soon, far too often.

So so sorry. Wish I could say something more profound. There are no words eloquent enough to begin to capture how precious and fragile life is. Tonight, I can't even begin to try.

My heart goes out to you and Princess. Please hug eachother for me...
love
essie

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