OK, but I’m not going to wear a pretty pink ribbon in my hair.
Of course, I just realized you may be just a smidgen older than I am. Your folks are around my folks age (80 and 79). :-P
I am 57. Mother is 80, dad is almost 85. My uncle who died of cancer was only 10 years my senior, and was the coolest uncle ever. He was so close to my age he seemed more like a cousin.
Doctors didn’t find the cancer until it was almost stage 4. He barely had any gray hair and was still in great shape when diagnosed. His decline was the scariest death I’ve witnessed.
My other relatives that died suddenly in a few moments, their deaths were very shocking to us surviving relatives , but at least they did not suffer.
I had a dear friend go though breast cancer diagnosis this year. I prayed so hard for her, and my prayers were answered. She does not even need chemo or radiation and she was astonished that the surgery was not painful. All things I prayed about. I am so grateful.