Good luck to you. My stepfather died of lung cancer a couple of weeks ago. I understand him smoking up to the end, he knew the end was coming.
What I will never understand, and will never forgive, is my mother sitting there and smoking with him. I hope we don't have to go thru w/her what we went thru w/my stepfather.
You said: What I will never understand, and will never forgive, is my mother sitting there and smoking with him. I hope we don’t have to go thru w/her what we went thru w/my stepfather.
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Upon my mother’s death at age 43 from lung cancer, my sister swore off smoking. Sadly, it lasted until the drive to the cemetery to bury my mother (3 days). I am thankful every day for not taking up that habit. I support everyone’s right to smoke, but I have seen the possible results, and it is truly an ugly way to go— and the trip itself is not all that attractive either.