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Dear Lee,
I feel so very sorry for you. I've been holding back from responding because it's simply hard to know what to say. But we've lost our parents on both sides now, and even where the health prognosis is poor, it's a shock. So we know how you must be feeling.
Carolyn's mum was poignant. Suffering a gangrenous leg due to poor circulation, she hung on, until her favourite grandchild, our daughter Kye, arrived from a distance, gave Grannie her blessing and told her she was free to go. Kye was the first grandaughter, and they had lost their first child, a girl aged three during the war due to measles and a lack of antibiotics. With her family at the bedside, Carolyn told her how much we all loved her, and she passed on.
Sorry if this is a bit personal and maudlin.
The Camino is a means to an end, and will provide time for solace and reflection. The end for me at least, found in the Cathedral at Santiago, can in so many ways provide comfort and healing.
De Colores,
Bogong