My sister... · 6:51am Mar 23rd, 2019
We've fought her cancer since August...no let me rephrase that.
SHE fought this shitty bit of evolution like a damned valkyrie. I just stood by and gave her what help I could. I made sure she got to her appointments and ate enough and drank enough, made sure she took her meds.
Today, the fight has been lost. We got the news that they are stopping treatment since it is no longer effective.
She has days...weeks at the most....
I just sat here for an hour staring at that last line....trying to come up with something elegant and eloquent to say about her...I can't.
That's not her, she was a snarky sarcastic little pixie who was capable of bringing you to your knees with her humor, her sarcasm, her biting wit, and if all else fails the knives we both loved to collect.
I would love to say that I've accepted this was coming months ago, but that would make me a liar, I try very hard not to do that...she hated when I lied. Even if it was for a good reason.
I love you sister mine.
I am so, SO sorry. I lost my father to Cancer in October of last year, we think he died of a heart attack induced by it in his sleep.
If you want my advice? Spend every second you have left with her WITH her, make sure she is smiling to the very end. If she is going to go then damn we'll make sure it's on HER terms! Party, Drink, Eat, go places that SHE wants to go and just have as much damn FUN as you can!
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Truthfully, we've done that lol done a LOT of that. Now though, she can barely function enough to sign her name when she gave our brother power of attorney to handle things...after she passes. It's hard to see her like this, but I'll give her this much, cancer is not walking away from this fight unscathed. Shes been fighting tooth and nail. And I couldn't be more proud of her. Just wish we had won this fight.
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Good, I wish I had the chance to meet her in the past as I think we would have gotten along well. She sounds like a nice, Hardy lass I would have been proud to call friend!
To quote a friend of mine: "Death is but the next step in the adventure that is our life, it's not the end but a new beginning" I don't know what religion she follows (if any) but I wish her a safe trip to Valhalla, she has more then earned her place there!
Stay strong Twilight Adept, stay with her in your heart for she will never be truely gone.
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Pagan. Heathen in my case, wiccan in hers. After the war she has fought, she deserves Folkvangr, but that is for Freyja and the All Father to decide.
Knowing my luck, when I go she will be the Valkyrie that takes me home. And I will be listening to her gripe about everything the whole way.
Thank you Moonlit Stardust. I needed these kind words.
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I suspect a battle over her place of being, I think she has earned a place in both Folkvangr and Valhalla.
Wherever she goes, she will find warm welcome that I know.