I am so saddened by this information that I hardley know what to say. At first I am selfish, thinking that I don't want any one I depend upon - and I as well as others do depend upon you in many ways - to leave this world. Then I think about you and how you must feel. I am sure your faith will help you though this.

I remember once a television documentary about a woman who was told her condition was terminal. She was questioned on how she could bear this information. She replied that every one must die, that even the adorable baby you see in your travels, once born must eventually face dying.

Yes, dying is part of living, but I just wish it wasn't so. I will be thinking of you.

Ann