Millies Last Valentine

We were sitting at the table my father and I conversing at the oak table as we had many times before, but this time was different.

My mother Millie had passed away suddenly in September 2012 since family expenses were going towards the Memorial service we could not afford autopsy to see that she passed away in the hallway of our family home.

You have to know that she had battled and won the battle of breast cancer for 10 years in remission, they had taken the port in her shoulder where she had received Chemon.

Dad a year later in 2013 was moving the refrigerator away from the stove and found a letter in my mother's well known handwriting that she knew he would eventually found this letter and she over 60 years plus of marriage had fallen more deeply in love. She said that when she went back for checkup with doctor that cancer had come back and maybe have only less than 5 years to live. She did not want to let anyone know because she did not want to be treated differently. She hoped Dad would forgive her for not letting anyone know but she loved Dad with all her heart and soul with "Love Millie" at the end.

When he told me both of us had tears in our eyes. My mother got the last word and it was wonderfully loving and considerate Valentine.