A Hard Week

Hello fam and friends.

So, the past week has been hard. After meeting with Mom’s oncologist on 9/7, we have been spending a lot of energy getting Mom’s affairs in order.

Mom started on hospice this week, and they have been wonderful. So kind, so supportive, so experienced in helping with this stage of the process. They come out to visit multiple days a week, and have so many services mom is excited to enjoy — reiki, music therapy, counseling — as well as making managing the prescriptions and the DME (Durable Medical Equipment — new acronym! yay.) so easy. It has been a whirlwind of activity, but they don’t dawdle, that is for sure. Stuff happens in hours. Mention a drug, it appears via FedEx the next day. Amazing.

We’ve done the hard work of finalizing Mom’s Will and funeral directives, and today met with the people from the funeral home so Mom could get questions answered. Mom has several things that she cares about in this process, and some that she does not care about, but believe me, the things she wants, we will make sure she has.

I think talking about these things in this post is important, and so does Mom. As always, since the beginning, she asked me to share all the details I could. I believe Mom feels if someone else can gain strength down the road from witnessing her story, that would be great. If you know my Mom at all, you know, no matter what, if she can help you, she wants to help you.

It has been a hard week, no doubt.

Mom is very tired these days, and some days are better than others, which is to be expected.

As everyone keeps reminding us: One day at a time.