thefox

I talked to my sister, today, who had an update about my mother. The news is not good: lung cancer, bone cancer, and possibly returned breast cancer - treatable, but inoperable. They're giving her 2-3 years.

Her plan is to live at home as long as she can, getting rid of stuff (of which she has a ton) and getting the house ready to sell. When she can't live on her own, anymore, she wants to go into a hospice.

I'm not sure how I feel... on the one hand, she's my mother. She wasn't the best mother... but she did the best that she could. I understand that, but it's hard to forgive and forget, even with that knowledge. Thus, our relationship has been somewhat distant for most of my life. I'm sure I'll cry about it, and I'm certainly not pleased to hear my mother's dying... I guess I'm just not surprised about it, is all. So, I'm not too terribly upset on the surface, but I'm not completely indifferent to the news, either. We'll see how I feel in a couple years.