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NATALIE HOWARD
Hi, Felicia.
Let me be the first to offer you and your family my condolences on the passing of your dear aunt. I had an aunt who passed away last year of cancer and I watched her 4 sisters (one being my mother, the eldest) uphold the responsibility as sisters to care for her and console her until she went on to be with the Lord... It was mostly difficult because my aunt lived in California and all 4 of her sisters made sacrifices to join her traveling all the way from the East coast. They also had to come together to maturely and calmly discuss funeral arrangements and each of their roles financially in the process... and this, after spending hundreds of dollars to get from coast to coast. But that however, was not their major concern.
It was such a tough time because they all knew she didn't have long to live and having that thought in the back of their minds was even more difficult at times to work through. On top of that, my aunt was in so much pain in the final stages of her illness and my 4 courageous aunts not only stuck together to strengthen themselves, but stayed right by her side until she took her last breath... It was happy and sad because some days they laughed together as they reminisced with her on her life, but after her life was gone, the reality of her demise set in.
On a happier note, it was nice to hear that your brother is now experiencing college life as a Freshman! He now has the responsibility of taking care of himself and applying all of the family's values he's learned over the last 18 years. I can identify with that as well because we just took our oldest son to experience his Freshman year in Alabama! It is my prayer as well, that our son uphold his responsibility of making good choices and carrying out his family's values that he's been taught as he pursues his education.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us and I pray for your family's continued strength during these times of "dynamic change".
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 10:57 PM
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