Aunt Pat

[bluepickle]

So, my dad's younger sister Pat died last week. He was able to go see her before she passed (small cell lung cancer, spread to brain and liver cancer... it was less than a month between diagnosis and death) and for that I am grateful. Her death was very peaceful, a grace considering most deaths by small cell lung cancer occur with the infected

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[sno_chan]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I felt like that after hearing stories about my father's maternal grandmother, who apparently had a very dry sense of humor and, with a constant drink in her hand, cracked everyone up with raunchy jokes at family gatherings. She died before I was born, but I would have liked to have had her to balance out the southern baptist teetotalers of my mom's side. She sounded like a cool old lady.

[mrmxy]

Sorry to read that. I came here to say "happy general vicinity of your birthday", since I can't remember if it already happened or will happen soon, or is happening right now. Hopefully my ineptitude will distract you for a few moments.

[jasmin_sane]

I am sorry to hear that. It's always melancholic to lose relatives that you didn't get a chance to learn to know. I often feel that I'm not really in a place to properly mourn them, and am left to wonder what might have been if the circumstances were different.
It's a relief that she didn't have to suffer for very long. (My grandpa died from lung cancer, too, and though I hated to lose him so quickly, in retrospect I'm glad that he didn't have to go through more pain than he did - he wasn't feeling quite well when we went up to visit him during the summer holidays, and he died in mid-September.)

On another note entirely: I hope your next entry is happier, and not several further months away?