I lost my Mum in 7 weeks ago to an aggressive cancer. She only lived 11 weeks from diagnosis.
I have been struggling ….still am….but my Dad said something to me this weekend that I wanted to share as it helped me and I hope helps some of you ….
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He said that he can see I am having trouble accepting that Mum is gone. I really am. He said he will miss her every second of everyday for the rest of his life but that he has accepted this is the chapter he’s been given now. It’s not one he’d have chosen but he wants to find contentment and is grateful for having me, my husband and kids, his friends and wider family ……
they were married 53 years. He is living with cancer. If he can be brave and accepting maybe I can be too?
Post diagnosis my mum was so accepting and grateful for what she had rather than angry about the hand she’d been dealt.
I’m not sure how I ‘get there’ but I am going to try & practice gratitude & find acceptance.
Thanks for reading my slightly rambling thoughts. It helps to just get them out on here x