Please answer: gr8 aunt has cancer...?!

Please answer: gr8 aunt has cancer...?

My great aunt and I are very close (she is like another grandmother to me) and she has been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, and isn't getting better. Also I know she prob. won't make it and I don't know how do deal with it, any advice??

I am a cancer patient too and have a grand-daughter who is scared. Please just take each day with her for what it is, a blessing. Call her. Visit her. Tell her all the things you love about her and what makes her so special to you. Remind her of all the things you have done together, no matter how small. Doing so will take her away from her pain for a few moments and transport her back to that time. It is THE greatest gift you can give her, your time. When things get too rough for her, hold her hand, touch her face....the warmth and love one person can give another who is ill is priceless. She will draw strength from your touch. When it is time, tell her it is okay....and that YOU will be okay. That alone is our biggest fear, that our passing will cause others the emotional pain that we are feeling in our physical bodies. Let her know that won't happen. Rejoice in the fact that you two ARE so close. That is more than some get in an entire lifetime. You were lucky enough to have TWO "grandmas". You have been blessed. The pain of losing someone is the price we have to pay for being able to love someone so much. It hurts, but I wouldn't trade that feeling for ten lifetimes. God bless you. You will be in my thoughts and prayers and so will aunt.