Guess I'm not the girl from Ipanema after all !

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 Instead of flopping around in my havianas, sipping on a pina colada near copacabana beach I am sitting here contemplating visiting my husband at the funeral home for the last time. It's not that I want to see him again, as I have already said elsewhere, it's just not him. His face never looked like that, his mouth and nose look like somebody elses. No, I am going to slip a love letter into his pocket to take with him on his last journey on the 20th Jan.

We were due to move to Rio de Janeiro to live for 4 years back in November and here I am sitting alone having my morning breakdown, seems to be a habit, and thinking about how things should have been. So very sad. It's hard to see the point of anything anymore.

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Grace

    My heart goes out to you reading this. What a lovely idea giving Hans a love letter to take with him and how brave you are.

    It's awful how this truly horrible disease robs us of our men, them of their lives and all our hopes and dreams. You are such a brave lady and I can't tell you enough that you are amongst friends. It's hard not to think of how things should have been is it? I have just left Toni dozing - he's so exhausted and he looks so unlike himself. It's scary.

    Thinking of you as always

    Claire

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Dear Grace - I can't begin to understand what you're going through (it's my dad who has cancer) but I just wanted to send you lots of love. Val X