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Old 08-08-2010, 04:59 PM   #219 (permalink)
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(((Erica))), I am so sorry that your dad’s cancer has come back. You and he are very much in my thoughts and I hope that any treatments he must endure are not too unpleasant or painful for him. I am just sorry that you – especially someone as nice as you – has to go through this ordeal again. Your poem very movingly expresses the feelings of fear, vulnerability and frustration one experiences in dealing with the serious illness of a parent. With a disease as scary and unpredictable as cancer, those feelings are magnified, and can leave you feeling very helpless and destabilized at times.

It’s typical of you that your first “urge” in your poem would be to embrace your son, Erica. I know how much you love him and all the hopefulness you have invested in him. I think your dad must be so proud of the wonderful daughter he raised – and will be drawing a lot of strength from that to get through this very difficult time.
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