 (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My aunt died a couple of weeks ago. It was a bit of a surprise to the family. We knew something was up, because she wasn't as responsive as she usually was, and her sister wasn't able to talk to her as much as they used to. Turns out my aunt had been battling cancer. She was diagnosed back in 2017 and after some treatment was cancer-free, but a few months later, it came back. She tried fighting it again but decided to stop. The thing is, she kept all of this a secret from the family. Even after my mother died in June, her husband tried to get her to tell the family what was going on, but she refused. She lived so far from the rest of the family that I didn't get to see her much. The last time I saw her was when she came to help out when my dad, her brother, died in 2013. I feel like I was robbed of an opportunity to see her once more. I guess I just don't understand why she kept this to herself when she knew what was coming. — Didn't Get to Say Goodbye | 
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