My mother in law was diagnosed with stage 4 bladder cancer last October, only 54!!!!. The prognosis wasn't great so we are all beyond devasted!! Every now and then it really hits me that she is not going to be with us for much longer and all the things she will be missing. We don't live near them so we haven't been able to see them due to COVID so we have already lost 6 months!! I feel like I should be supporting my partner (of 14 years) more but I feel broken myself. And every time I look at our son I get so upset that he will grow up not knowing her in person when she's such a big part of our lives!! I'm crying just writing this! Xx
Hi
No - you are being human just like the rest of us.
Often we need to process our own emotions before we can even start to support others. For your son it might be helpful to consider creating some kind of memory box so that in the future when he wants to know about her there will be some information about this wonderful lady who after all created the man you love.
I tend to view crying nowadays as my love overflowing out of my eyes - perhaps it feels less bad that way.
<<hugs>>
Steve
