Took care of beloved ones with bad cancers for the last 2 years or so. I took sabbatical and never left their sides during that time. It was always at best a delaying action, but they gave the best accounting they could. They both had the strength of will to do no less. Lost the Woman in mid September, and my Father in early August of last year. Some days are better the others. Some days are horrendous. Today is one of the latter. That hollowness that rises from the depths of your chest and up into sides of jaw.