When a parent is sick

I don't think it matters if one is 4 or 54, when a parent is sick, it still hurts emotionally. My mother has had some serious health problems over the last couple of months, and she has only improved to a minimal degree. As a adult, I am well aware this could be the beginning of the end.

It is hard for me to imagine what life will be like without my mother in it, and honestly, I don't want to! The little girl in me is yelling "It's not fair!". My adult side is telling me that I am lucky to have had both my parents for even this long. My husband's parents both died when he and I were in our twenties, so he has been an "orphan" since then. I know how it has affected him.

I feel blessed that my mother has gotten to know her great-grandchildren. She doesn't get to see them often, because we live 2 hours away, but she loves them and my granddaughter, who is now 4, loves her back. I made a concious decision right from her birth, to make sure Ella knows her great-grandparents, and to pass on all the good things my parents have taught me.
This is what I will focus on for now, and maybe it will make the future parting easier.