What Does It Mean To Lose A Loved One?

I wrote just over three weeks ago about the importance of Hospice to families in need of support when experiencing the painful last steps of losing a loved one. The mother of my brother’s wife passed away over this past weekend, losing a battle to cancer.

There is not a lot I can say about the process one goes through when a parent or other close family member passes away. You may have experienced a close personal loss, perhaps not, yet. You may have read about the several steps of grief but it is a lonely journey even when you understand it intellectually and think you are ready. Nobody really is.

I hope we can find the money for research so we can continue to look for ways to find cures for deceases that take our loved ones from us. Regardless of age, regardless of how well one may have lived their life, regardless of financial or social circumstances, cancer knows no boundaries. It kills.

I also hope you can find a way to support your local Hospice, where ever you live. In the case of my brother’s mother-in-law, they did wonders and worked their magic to help the family as much as possible as they went through that journey to the end that had to come.

In memory of Ada and others who leave us when it is their time to do so…


There is a season, And a time for every purpose under heaven.

A time to be born, a time to die; A time to plant, a time to reap.

A time to kill, a time to heal, A time to laugh, a time to weep.

There is a season, And a time for every purpose under heaven.