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Think I should have said something earlier
My friends wife had cancer, she has survived against the odds an extra 2 years, but I knew this year she was not going to make it.
I urged her kids who see me as a big sister to spend time with her, even telling her husband, hospital visits are more important than exams right now. They believed she would get better and she would be out soon.. I did not feel this.
I told him to let her plan a trip.. even though I knew she would not make it, but to give her some hope.. he did listen to that and believed she would make it.
I pushed this morning to tell him the boys shouldn't go to school and should be there with her. I was more insistent rather than passive suggestions.
She died 2 hours later today suddenly after I spoke to him.. I should have been more insistent earlier on..
I have learnt that my instinct was right but I hesitated.. but I did help prepare them for her death, but feel I should have had the courage to be more insistent.. my lesson.
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