Mel's diagnosis last May changed our world completely and I
honestly can't fully wrap my head around her passing on Wednesday. The one thing I know for certain is that
people are awesome. For us it was a
terrible situation to be in, but everyone around us made it easy to focus on
trying to get Mel better . I am so
grateful to so many people who helped us out over the last year. Our family has been amazing, and that is all
I really need to say about that. On the health care side, we had such positive
experiences with every nurse, doctor, tech, therapist, and receptionist we
encountered. It is comforting to know we
got the best care possible for Mel. The
community we live in offered such amazing support. We had people dropping off meals, baking, and
countless offers to help with the kids. I
have a few tupperware containers in the drawer that I know we never bought....sorry
if you didn't get yours back. People
just wanted to help and do what they could to make things more manageable for
us. One day we came home and found
someone had taken down our Christmas lights while we were at an appointment.
Even on social media and email we had such tremendous support. It felt strange posting a blog on Facebook
after Mel passed, but I know so many people were concerned and it seemed like
an effective way to let all those who cared know. Both Mel and I had close friends, friends we grew up with,
friends we went to university with, people we has lost touch with all reach out
with words of support. I have read all
the text message, emails, comments on this blog, and all the Facebook comments sent my way (and also
on Mel's page). All that support is
appreciated. Things didn't work out the way we wanted, but there was a good
lesson, that people are awesome. Thanks.
Will
