after years struggling with a rare cancer, my mom passed peacefully in her sleep, among family just over an hour ago love you always
rip mom December 22, 1952 - December 25, 2011
For those who are curious, the cancer was leiomyosarcoma. It is a cancer of the involuntary muscle tissue, which basically means all the blood vessels, arteries, skin, intestines, etc.
LMS accounts for somewhere between 5 and 10% of soft tissue cancers. Soft tissue cancers account for about 0.7% of all cancers. More detailed information about LMS is available here