"A Mothers's Choice"

     It was a normal day for Denise until she received a phone call that everyone woman feared. Dr. Stevens confirming that the tumor they discovered was cancerous. Suddenly, the whole world around her seemed to stop at that moment. She began to think about questions, questions she had no answer to. And reasons, reasons that she did not understand why this was happening to her. As she sat down with her family during dinner, she started to wonder how would her family, who depended on her so dearly, survive without her. She eventually sat down with her family and told them the horrible news. Her kids were too young to understand and her husband who adored her tried his best to make sure each day counted. As days and months passed, Denise became more and more ill. In and out the hospital, it wasn't easy for her to be away from her kids. Denise decided to hire a live in nurse named Heidi. There were days when Denise could not get out of bed to see off her kids as they went to school, or her husband when he left to work. Hedi went above and beyond to make sure her family was well taken care of. One night as her family was sleeping Denise woke up in the middle of the night and walked to the guest room where Heidi slept. As Denise cracked opened the door, Heidi woke up startled. Thinking something was terribly wrong, Denise assured her that everything was o.k. and that she just wanted to discuss something with her. As she sat down at the edge of her bed, she began to think her for everything she has done for her and her family. Then she asked her something that would be hard for a mother or wife to ask. She asked Heidi if she would have her husband so when she was gone, she would die knowing her family would be with someone cared for them and loved them very much. Denise began to break down in tears. As Heidi reached out to comfort Denise she began to explained that there was nothing more she wanted than to just see her happy. And she too lost someone dear to her as well to cancer. Crying, Heidi willingly accepted. The next day Denise told her husband. He at first did not take the news to kindly, but he knew that it was something that she really wanted. Weeks later, Denise got really ill. It was that day she knew, she could not fight any longer. While she laid in bed with everyone at her bed side, there was a knock a the door. Heidi opened the door, and there stood a priest. Heidi welcomed the priest into the home. When the priest walked in, Denise began to explain that the priest was their to perform a ceremony. Denise husband began to cry and explained to her that he could not go through with it at that moment. Denise looked at her husband and began to hug him and gave him one last goodbye kiss. Then she held out his hand so that Heidi could grab it. While the priest performed the ceremony and they said their I do's, and just as they kissed she was gone.