I know that it isn’t surprising. After all, she was diagnosed with fourth stage melanoma; there is NO fifth stage.

Still.

All I know right now is that the news isn’t good. Nobody in the family was up to sharing the details tonight, but the news isn’t good. Her sister said she was in tears from the time she heard.

I love my cousin and this just hurts. Whatever issues I have in my life, I’ll get through – they will pass. For her, for her 3-year-old, for her husband, for her father…sigh.