Hello Ceildah
You have already been warmly welcomed to community - but I want to say hello to and tell you I am glad you found us.
I was looking back into the archives of our discussion forums for words that I could add to the wonderful ones you have already been given. I found this posted back in 2012 to Scared to say goodbye. I know GWTBB is talking about her mother, but perhaps there is an idea here that might be helpful for you.
She writes, "I thought “how can I say goodbye to a person I love so very much?” So, instead of goodbye, I decided to thank her for being such a loving and wonderful mother. I remember sitting down with her one day when she was still feeling okay. I told her how much I loved her and how she was such a very good Mom. She told me that she loved me so much and that she had appreciated that I had taken care of her because it made the whole thing less stressful for her. She told me that she wouldn’t worry about me because she knew I was a strong person (when things get tough nowadays, I think of her saying those words)."
Take care Ceildah
Katherine