Doing better than just OK
The year 2020 must have been the most unusual leap year ever! So many people have suffered not only due to the pandemic but other issues. With us in Europe, we had problems with refugees in Greece and France amongst many other matters. For me, I had a personal challenge – my husband, David who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer fell over in an odd accident at home in late November. He has been ill, undergoing chemotherapy for 4 years and I was his caregiver. There were good and not so good days but we managed to cherish every day like very good mates. His cancer markers were quite stable but that fall broke his skull which caused his eventual death. People suffering from cancer go through pain and discomfort then linger for a while. That was not what David had wished for. He always said that he will not die of cancer, and he didn’t! It was a shock for me because that very morning before he fell, we were outside the house busy reinstalling lamps that were taken off due to renovat