My Mom’s battle with cancer is over. The outcome is what it is but not what we had hoped for. I have lost friends to cancer and a close friend to non small cell lung cancer like Mom’s but this was , well, strangely, different. The result in all cases were the same, yet this one had a heavier weight to it. None the less we walked it out as we should, as human need to do to remain so.  Though there is no way to eloquently put it,  thankfully this chapter has ended. No more pain for Mom and Pops has the every-second-is-she-breathing pressure off his being. It does not alleviate the loss and pain he feels but in a mysterious way both are now at different yet new crossroads and at peace. Let the Journey begin…