My mom went to her brother’s a couple of weeks ago. He has cancer, and they were going to do surgery to attempt to remove it. But once they got in, they found that his gall bladder urgently needed to come out and that the cancer had spread to places that were inoperable. So they took out the gall bladder and sewed him back up. They’re now saying that he may have a year left if he does chemotherapy.

Mom called me a few days ago to tell me that she was going out of town again. No luxury vacations or anything, but going to spend a couple of weeks with her brother. I wish I could go with her. I have only seen him once since Pumpkin was born, and I can’t stand the thought of never seeing him again. I didn’t see my aunt for about 10 years before she passed on, and it still haunts me to this day.

Maybe when things calm down here, I can go visit with him. I just hope it’s not too late by then.