“As Mama lay in her bed, she made sure to tell me what I needed to hear to accept the inevitable. You can never be prepared to lose someone of such value in your life, but she tried to make it painless for us.”
‘Her battle ended, but she was not defeated. She was ready, her time here was fulfilled’: Cancer-stricken mother shares powerful final photo shoot with family
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“Mom and I held each other while tears streamed down our cheeks as we talked about how we could never imagine living without one another. We began talking about things we still wanted to do together.”
‘She was my everything’: Bride rushes wedding so cancer-stricken mom can attend, to no avail
“That was not enough time. I wasn’t ready to lose my mother.”
Cancer-stricken woman bravely plans for her own death: ‘Give your loved ones a roadmap’
“Where would you want to be if you were dying? It’s a morbid question, and emotionally laden, but it’s one that may be asked when you are diagnosed with cancer.”
Terminally ill bride has ‘dream’ wedding planned in a week thanks to friends and family
“The doors to the chariot opened and out came Jane in her wedding gown adorned with the biggest smile on her face.”
Her final moments: ‘Facing fear, tightening up, letting go, and finally, embracing new life’
“Instead of her contagious laugh filling our family’s dining room, we ended up filling a hospital room in Albany to say goodbye to the life of our party.”
‘I wanted to do something extra special for my wife.’: Husband does ‘dudeoir’ photo shoot for cancer-stricken wife to ‘lift her spirits’
“To be told she had cancer, was just a huge shock.”
