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Shaun Catherine Benet was my sister, the oldest of six children and the family leader. She was a terrific person, vibrant and full of life. It was a shock to suddenly learn that she had an incurable brain tumor that ended her life in 14 months tadalisb sx. During the last 3 weeks of her life HealthCare Dimensions Hospice helped our family take care of Shaun kamagrab soft online. The nurses, social workers, home health aides and chaplains made an incredible difference for Shaun and for us . Our family decided to sponsor the web site as an expression of our gratitude for their loving care and support and in memory of Shaun .
Writing about Shaun is hard. I think you can understand, if you too, have lost someone close, and it’s not easy to talk about that person, to express love and appreciation for someone who is gone. I want to tell you about Shaun but in a way you may have already met her. You may not know her personally, never had lunch with her at a Manhattan café, or gone flea market shopping with her on the Vineyard, or been antiquing with her in New Hampshire, but you know about her because she may have suffered like someone you know. Perhaps it was someone who had an inoperable brain tumor, as Shaun did, or another terminal disease that required constant and sensitive care in the last months of their life. That Shaun you do know.
Let me tell you about the Shaun you haven’t met. She was a young 44 when she died, but I remember she came of age in the early 1970s, a pacifist who was against the Vietnam War and a lover of all kinds of music. She enjoyed rock – Rod Stewart in particular -- but she was an accomplished clarinetist – first chair in her elementary school band. To me and my brothers and sisters, she was the quintessential big sister, ruler of the roost, my mother’s right hand when she was away at work. In truth, Shaun had a lot of responsibility at a young age – how many adolescents do you know routinely cook dinner for six?
Blessed with a keen intellect, Shaun thrived as a student, scoring A’s in honor and AP classes in high school. When she graduated from Smith College, she took on New York City and joined the Bank of New York as a management trainee, working her way up to a vice presidency. My daughter would call her the "Big Cheese," but her talent with numbers and economics belied the artist within. Shaun, had she dared, could have been successful in the fashion world or the Hollywood creative community with relative ease. Eventually she resigned from banking and accepted a position with WNET Channel 13 in NYC, her dream job, a few months before she was diagnosed with the brain tumor.
Shaun loved to travel, dine out and ski. Her favorite retreat was the cottage she owned on Martha’s Vineyard, a home she put her heart and soul into. It was decorated with antiques from all over New England and every room was like something out of Martha Stewart Living. For Shaun, that home was like a child; no detail spared, completely in her image. We all loved to spend time with her there and today it remains a special place for our family, filled with memories and good cheer, a reminder of the way she touched us all.
Lorenzo Benet
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