One Difficult Journey
By: Cynthia Ann Katon-Alfonso
Tags: Appreciation, Cancer, faith, impressions, journey, life, one difficult journey, pain, peace, seasons, sentimentality, St.Patrick's Cross, The Cormac Chapel, Visiting Ireland
Category: Final journey, Poetry
The fear of losing her now has taught me
to be more appreciative, more sensitive
and caring, more sentimental too,
reminiscing our happy times together
when she was a lot stronger, journeying
with us, loving us…appreciating life.
At her age (90 yrs in September),
finding a miracle cure has been ruled out.
Only an IV pain reliever pump is useful
till the final moment. She doesn’t know yet,
But she feels it, and she tells us…there is
no fear, she is prepared…
And the assurance that her faith would
sustain her in this–her final journey
helps smoothens our fears, gives us courage
and comforting peace.
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Seasons and Impressions
A good steward of nature, capturing the seasons' impressions through creative poetry...born in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, presently resides in Cainta Plant Nursery, Cainta, Rizal.
Seasons and Impressions 
The assurance of faith makes all the difference! Blessings, Mark
And prayers enhance and strengthen faith, thanks for your wonderful comment!
She isn’t leaving you. Your memories will find her everywhere. Bon courage!
Yes, lea, thanks for your beautiful comment, there will always be pleasant memories to fall back to and ease the difficulty of the journey.
Wonderful woman, your mother (I suppose). My mother in the same condition, even worst, is 91 years old, no more present to us (alzheimer). It’s difficult to say words to you, because I understand your feeling. The best you can do is to satisfy her wish, collect photos, video, in order to remember.
A big italian poet, Ugo Folscolo, in his poetry “The sepulchers”, starts with these words:
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This means: if you are dead, you are dead, even if someone cries on your tomb.
I really do not agree. I think that when you are still alive to know that there will be someone wich will remember you after your death is of great consolation. We live to leave something, love first of all, and all concrete expressions of our intellect.
Kisses, Giuseppe
Thank you Giusseppe, I shall treasure the wisdom of your words! Thank you for sharing your own difficult journey, we all need the strength to carry on, stay well, yourself!
How lovely, and heartrending, Cynthia–sending prayers with my loving hugs today. God bless you all abundantly–love, sis Caddo
Thank you, Caddo! I shall treasure your prayers, need lots of strength these days!
Cynthia, this is beautiful and heart-wrenching, which I completely relate to..every word you penned sounds like my experience before my Mom passed away…at the end, she was very lucid and she asked when it will all be over and it was then that we knew she was ready…I don’t mean to make you feel worse, so I hope you’re okay; this is still raw for me and my family since it’s only been 3 months…anyway, I send you hugs, blessings and lots of support, my friend and sister…Lauren xoxo
Thank you Lauren, for sharing your own difficult journey and the pain that you’ve been through. I shall treasure your prayers for strength and spiritual support in these difficult and trying times my family’s into. Thank you from my heart!