Review: Helpful and worth reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
In this story Bette's sister lived large.  She was unafraid and she took risks and either reaped the rewards or faced the consequences, it was her life and she was going to live it her way.This story hit home with me.  It's hard to watch someone you love make a choice that will cost them their life.  In my case it was my mother.  I knew that if she had a reversal of her colostomy that the surgery would kill her.  But it was her life and I wasn't the one walking around attached to a bag so I had to let her make her own decision.  I was right but she had one great week enjoying all the foods that had previously been forbidden.Bette captured the feelings this situation can cause fairly accurately, at least for me.  We all face death differently.  We all grieve differently but there is a thread we all share.  The what if I had ...?The book brings the comfort of knowing you're not alone.  Others  struggled through some of the same feelings and made it through to the other side.It's an important book.  Personally I think hospitals should make this book available to families experiencing a similar situation.  Churches should have it available too.  I know that I will purchase copies for friends facing this challenge.  I think it will bring more comfort knowing that they really aren't alone.