Last Cup Of Sorrow

Evening all,

Well, SIL died tonight after a long, painful and ultimately fruitless four years slog through the muted horror of terminal cancer.

It isn't a battle, there isn't any heroism or victory which isn't pyrrhic, its a trudge through an interminable forest of gloom and despair, with no light to guide you safely out the other side.

If there is a light, it comes from the flames of a voracious forest fire which devours anything it comes across: sanity, health, love, time,relationships, compassion and patience all wither and burn away, leaving nothing left except the smouldering ashes of grief, fear and failure....

not a year to remember, but will be difficult to forget.

Faith No More