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Time
We've had twenty-eight years together and I would have thought that everything that I've ever needed to say to Lucas would have already had been. But it hasn't and now I've run out of time. Lucas is lying in this hospital bed dying, having slipped into a coma a few hours ago, with only a few short hours to go.
People from our time aren't supposed to end up with cancer. We've made such advances to medical science that we aren't supposed to die like this, but something from the past affected him and now apparently held dormant until his immune system couldn't handle it anymore. To think that we saved the future and now almost thirty years later, Lucas is going to die.
I'm sitting by his side, holding his hand, where I've been for the past thirty years. How am I supposed to live without him? We've always said that I'd go first, but I'm not so sure that's going to happen.
I've sent our five children down to the cafeteria to give me some private time with Lucas because I still have one thing left to say before it's time.
You'll have to excuse me. I need to speak with Lucas for a while…
Later, when their children came back into the hospital room, they found their deceased mother curled up on their father's bed. Lucas passed away a few hours later, never having regained consciousness.
The following note was left on the bedside table:
Dear kids,
The doctors have said that my heart could go at any time, but what they don't realize is that Lucas is my heart, and without him time's just slipping away. I need to join him in the clouds, where our time is forever and nothing will ever separate us again.
I'm sorry to have to leave you now, and we love you with all our hearts. Live full lives and never hesitate to love fully.
Love, Mom