A Screeching Halt
About a month ago, I got some really hard news. My birth mom was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. They estimated she had 6-7 months to live. The best way I can describe finding that out was like a car coming to a screeching halt. Prior to this, I had lost friends and a colleague to cancer, a friend to heart failure and grand parents. None of them were easy. Some were a little easier to get through because I knew it was coming....old age for example. But with my birth mom, she's too young to be dying and we're blood. I feel like I'm one of the lucky ones. I was adopted. I met my birth mom and relatives and over the years thanks to facebook, I've been able to stay connected. But I've taken so much for granted. I just assumed that she would be around until she was old like my grandpa had been. He was nearly 100 when he passed. He had a very full life. I'm sure she has too but she's still got more years t...