2009 isn't shaping up very well

[Aggie_Ama]

(((Sundial))) I think the hardest thing many of us will go through is an ill parent. Remember to take just a few moments for yourself. If you need to be frustrated then do it. Have real expectations for how much you can handle and remember you are superwoman even when you feel like bawling your eyes out. Take care of yourself and your mom.

[Flybye]

Sundial, I wish that I had some words that could bring you comfort, but sometimes life is just rotten.
My mother had breast cancer and I have been there through the season of life where she was fighting and was exhausted from radiation. I know how difficult it is to be strong for a parent on the outside when on the inside we are so much like children used to relying on our parents for strength. I know the helpless feelings that go with finding words to comfort a mother with cancer. I am the type of person that is extremely out of my element when it comes to anything medical related - I have anxiety about hospitals and medical related issues. Compound that with any movie that I had ever seen about someone with cancer leaving an impression about how horrible of an experience it is and I was one extremely scared individual.
I hope that as you travel she will have the strength and that you will have time to talk about the important things in life.
I will keep you both in prayer, I know of your confident faith and your heart. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do.

[gingerale]

I'm sending you many prayers tonight for all you are going through, and especially for your mother. I'm just so very sorry.

[jesvetmed]

Sundial: My thoughts are with you and your mother. May you all have the strength to get through this. Try to take care of yourself -- it is so difficult when others need you so much. Lean on anyone you can, and talk to anyone who will listen. And cry .... it all will help some.