On November 29th my aunt Brenda passed away from breast cancer. She was the reason I came to Florida in the first place. It was a very bitter sweet moment when it all happened. Although my Brenda was young and still had a lot of life to live, it was time for her to go back "home." She battled cancer for about 5 years with about a year off when she was in remission. She pretty much seemed like she didn't have cancer until 6 months before she passed. She would have energy and do about a million things a day, plus be a great mom to her twin boys, Wil and Jarrod, who are 11. She was in a lot of pain for about 5 months and then was in severe pain the last week or so before her passing.
I had the chance to sit with her in the hospital for about 5 hours and just hold her hand 2 days before she passed. Before that we had a great Thanksgiving with her and her family and just enjoyed the holiday.
I have to say that Scott and I were somewhat prepared for this moment. We new that something was going to happen and that we needed to emotionally be ready for it. Her husband and boys are doing awesome. There isn't a better way to handle all this than how those three boys are handling it. We have all had great peace with all of this which is nice.
We know with out a doubt that Brenda is up in heaven preparing for eternity. She is happy and is in no more pain!! Yeah! We love her dearly and miss her greatly!
