http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/50 Helping with the emotional impact of cancer. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:50:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/50#comment-2956 Baldylocks Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:38:22 +0000 http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/50#comment-2956 That is so sweet that your son swooped in to see you. I can't even imagine how difficult it is for our children. That is so sweet that your son swooped in to see you. I can’t even imagine how difficult it is for our children.

]]> http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/50#comment-2947 Dianne Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:11:11 +0000 http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/50#comment-2947 When Doug was first diagnosed with cancer our son Sean could not deal with it and left home. Sean was ready to move on but I think he couldn't bear the thought of his Dad being ill. We didn't hear from Sean a lot during that time...I think he felt if he didn't know everything that was going on, then maybe life was as it usedto be. It made us all very sad. We already felt such a great loss ... the loss of health and the idea of immortality. Our family was in a war with cancer and needed all its soldiers to stand steady and we were missing one. It has been over 6 years since Doug's first diagnosis and almost 1 year since his recurrence and finally he has another soldier to aid him in his fight. Sean came home and surprised his Dad and our family and was at his Dad's side through more testing this week. They spent several days and many hours together. Even though Sean still doesn't really want to believe this is happening to our family he had many conversations with his Dad during this time that brought them both closer to each other. I don't know when I last saw Doug so happy. Sean's sister Caralia has been a great warrior through this and was also at Doug's side this week as she always has been in the past. We have children, care for and love them and let their wings grow so they can fly through this world safely. They are a gift to us. When they grow to adulthood and and want to fly our way to then care for us in our time of need then we have been given another gift...their love. Our job as parents is often difficult but when our kids show us love it makes it all worth while. Thank you Sean and Caralia. Love Mom When Doug was first diagnosed with cancer our son Sean could not deal with it and left home. Sean was ready to move on but I think he couldn’t bear the thought of his Dad being ill. We didn’t hear from Sean a lot during that time…I think he felt if he didn’t know everything that was going on, then maybe life was as it usedto be. It made us all very sad. We already felt such a great loss … the loss of health and the idea of immortality. Our family was in a war with cancer and needed all its soldiers to stand steady and we were missing one. It has been over 6 years since Doug’s first diagnosis and almost 1 year since his recurrence and finally he has another soldier to aid him in his fight. Sean came home and surprised his Dad and our family and was at his Dad’s side through more testing this week. They spent several days and many hours together. Even though Sean still doesn’t really want to believe this is happening to our family he had many conversations with his Dad during this time that brought them both closer to each other. I don’t know when I last saw Doug so happy. Sean’s sister Caralia has been a great warrior through this and was also at Doug’s side this week as she always has been in the past. We have children, care for and love them and let their wings grow so they can fly through this world safely. They are a gift to us. When they grow to adulthood and and want to fly our way to then care for us in our time of need then we have been given another gift…their love. Our job as parents is often difficult but when our kids show us love it makes it all worth while. Thank you Sean and Caralia. Love Mom

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