Hello, my name is Diane Coleman and I am the daughter of Carol Crewonis. I am
the second oldest, and a twin. My family and I live in Bedford, Ohio.
I was the first child in my family to get married and I had the first
grandchild. I have a loving husband, Preston; and two great boys, Preston Jr and
Joshua. My oldest son is Preston Jr and 14, and my second son Joshua is 11 years
old. I have been married for 15 years and enjoyed every minute of it. I’m
writing this letter today because over the summer we got some really bad news
about my mother Carol.
My mother went to the doctor and got a lot of tests taken and when all was
said and done, my mother was told she had cancer of the liver and pancreas,
stage 4.
I remember that Thursday night, my world just stopped and I cried for hours.
From that day on I have recalled a lot of my growing up with my sisters and
brothers. My sisters are Tammy, my twin Debbie, Barb and Geri, and my brothers
are Bill and JR. I remember breaking my right arm and my mom caring for me and
taking away the pain. I wish now I can take her pain away. My mom now has to go
to chemotherapy, which makes her sick for 2 – 3 days afterwards. I wish I could
take away her pain and get rid of her cancer. I wish I could make sure she never
has to suffer again.
Sometimes when I’m alone my mind looks ahead and I see my family without our
mother and it hurts my heart and I can’t imagine not having her here to talk to
or call when something is wrong with my children. I feel sad thinking about my
other sisters and brothers not going to have her here to ask those questions to
her. Life is not fair and some people do not think about that. Some people use
their parents for the wrong reasons in life and do not see that one day their
parents will be gone also. I watch other people who do not care about their
parents and talk about them, wanting to make them understand how hard it is to
actually know you are going to lose them forever.
Sometimes the only way for people to understand the pain is to live through
it. But this pain isn’t something we want other people to know.
©Copyright 2004 Diane C.
