Sadness

We learned Sunday morning that my mother-in-law was on hospice care continually and was not expected to live beyond a few hours or days. I began a mad dash to pack five kids and myself up to head to Florida with Mark. Caleb however came down with the stomach bug in the wee hours Monday morning and so our departure was delayed. We received word Monday evening that she had passed away. We arrived in Florida Tuesday and celebrated her life yesterday.

This evening I learned a friend who mentored me through my breast cancer entered hospice care yesterday. She is losing her battle with breast cancer and is leaving behind her husband and two boys, roughly Caleb and Peter's age. My heart hurts for them. And yet her husband speaks too of a peace while at her side.

I am emotionally and physically drained. And yet I cling to the hope that both my mother-in-law and my friend will be whole and healed in heaven. No more dementia, no more scars, no more cancer. But there is a hole here on earth. And I am sad.