Prepare To Be Resilient

By Damita      How do you cope with a foreseeable death and tragedy in someone else’s life?   My husband/partner has a friendship with a man that has lasted since they were teenagers.   This man lives in the Greater Northwest Area and has had multiple family tragedies – a pregnant wife dying before giving birth and other family members dying tragically.   A couple of days ago, this man called my husband to tell him about another tragedy. His young, adult daughter who has never married or had children, has terminal brain cancer.   Her doctor has reportedly given her three months left to live!   My husband said that man (understandably) was in tears on and off throughout the conversation.   The daughter is already suffering, her body is breaking down, and she uses a wheelchair.   She got a second opinion from a different doctor to be sure of her fatal diagnosis.   She has moved back in with her father for care...