Our thoughts this week are with Mike's Aunt Jeanne, who is being released from the hospital into hospice care tomorrow. She has beaten cancer before, but sadly, it has returned and can no longer be treated.Most of you have not had the privilege of knowing Jeanne, but she is a truly amazing person -- one of the kindest and most cheerful people I've ever met. She organized her town's 100th anniversary celebration, she sends out the family calendars so that the rest of us can remember birthdays and anniversaries, she has a smile for everyone. And throughout her illness she has always been upbeat and never stopped taking care of those around her. She is truly a model of grace, strength, and courage.
Jeanne and Mike's Uncle Don celebrated 50 years of marriage this summer, not long after the babies were born. It's too bad there wasn't a way to teleport between North Dakota and North Carolina so that we could have celebrated with them and they could have met the boys. (The bottom photo is from a few years ago, w
hen they celebrated Thanksgiving with us in Philadelphia.)We love you, Aunt Jeanne. We wish we could be there to see you. You are in our thoughts and hearts today and always.
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Our prayers are lifted up to all of you! I know the pain to hear there is nothing more we can do but I also know the joy of outlasting the doctor's verdict!
Hospice is a wonderful organization, they not only help the patient but the whole family as well. Being a hospice volunteer, I known people who had them for just a few weeks and people, who I have had to ask, why do they have hospice?
In our prayers,
Auntie Ann
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