“I lost my mother and my father to cancer. Both of them passed away at 70 years old, my mother from cervical cancer in ’06 and my father from prostate cancer in ’09. “Then, just a few months after my father died, I lost my … Continue readingStill feeling pain from ‘one-two-three punch’
“I’ve faced many challenges, from divorces, to deaths, to you name it. But you just learn to keep your head up and keep going. It’s just life. Don’t let anything knock you down. Life takes turns, so just go with it. My approach is that … Continue reading‘Life takes turns, so just go with it’
“I love still being alive. There was a moment when I thought I was dead already. I was ready to cross into the light. But then my parents, who died about eight years ago — one on Mother’s Day and the other on Father’s Day … Continue reading‘I’m just trying to enjoy my life, what I have left’
“We’re selling the remains of what our mother and father owned. “My dad died in January 2013 so, of course, I needed to bring my mother home with me. She had MS and wasn’t able to walk or do much of anything for herself. Then … Continue reading‘Bad things come in threes so, hopefully, we’re done’
“I was living in New Orleans, and my son had invited me to dinner. He went to the store before going to the bus stop to pick up his uncle. But someone was watching him. They had a hit out on somebody, and my son … Continue reading‘I have a hole in my heart that will never be filled’
“All of this is from my mother. She and my sister were running buddies, going to garage sales, estate sales and resale shops. I think she wanted to start her own business one day, but she developed breast cancer and passed in August. She was … Continue readingFinding good homes for her mother’s treasures
“I moved here from Massachusetts about six years ago as a mechanical engineer. I met this girl at work and moved in with her. “Somehow, she had a chronic disease that I didn’t know about. She didn’t really know about it, either. She finally passed … Continue readingGirlfriend dies after battling chronic disease
“All last summer was spent driving my husband to MD Anderson. He was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, so he had radiation and he suffered terribly. Two weeks after finding out he was cancer free, he died in a gyrocopter crash at the Anahuac … Continue readingAfter surviving cancer, crash takes husband
“My husband passed away last year, so my daughter is helping me downsize to an apartment. Making the move was kind of stressful, especially giving up my kitchen and big refrigerator. “I make cakes on the side. It’s not really a business. More like a … Continue reading‘I don’t do wedding cakes; I’m scared of bridezillas’