“Lately, I try to stay in the moment, even though there’s no escaping thinking about the future,” she noted. “I worry so much about my girls losing their father—they’re going through this while experiencing all the pressures that are put on young girls, and I want to do everything in my power to give them the tools they’ll need. They will be different because of this. I know that.”
Though Rebecca and Eric, 53, separated in 2017, they’ve remained a steadfast unit throughout this difficult time, whether it’s been advocating their health insurance to ensure he has nurses helping to care for him at home or taking on shifts herself.
But as she’s been “one foot in front of the other” to ensure her family is the support they need, Rebecca knows once she takes a moment to process all they have been going through, it’s “gonna be beyond heartbreaking.”
“I am trying very much to help my kids, Eric, myself, all of us to get through this knowing that death is a part of the life cycle,” she explained. “And in this case, we are very unlucky in many, many ways. But we’re also blessed in that we know that time is the most valuable thing, and we can use it wisely.”
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