I recently had the experience to assist my 51 year old sister-in-law on her final journey. Being a nurse profided me with the shells and knowledge to provide support and dicertion. What I was not totally prepared for was the difficult conversations between her, myself and children.
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As a health care provider caring for many end of life patients, I felt very prepared for end of life care and the stages. I felt prepared until one of my very close employees became ill and declined quickly. I wanted to go visit her at her
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All my life, I was so close to both my mom’s dad and my dad’s mom. They both left too young. A grandparent from both sides of me! (My heart) when grandma died. I had just seen her a couple of days before at the retirement home
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I wasn’t there when you died and I’m sorry. I know you were trying to wait until I got home-but you couldn’t wait any longer-the angels were calling you home. I was across the ocean in your homeland when you said goodbye. It crushed me-but I found
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When my dad passed away, I felt numb, not because of pain but because my dad had been sick since I was young, and I didn’t really know him. I felt a great deal of guilt over the following years for feeling so detached and indifferent to
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My grandmother was always a prominent figure in my life growing up and was a stern role model, almost the ‘glue’ of our family. When I was 17 my grandma died unexpectedly. My mother never coped or properly grieved the loss of her mom, and ended up
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I miss you so much dad, everyday the world reminds me how special it was when you were physically here with me – now I just use my senses to remember that I and this world is so much better for having had you in it. T’amo
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I remember when we first met; it was the single most thrilling day of my life. Those beautiful blue eyes that made me forget all the pain that seemed to never go away. I felt strong in your arms, like Spiderman. You made me who I am
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I have never grieved the death of my best friends; the Reflection Room makes/moves me into solitude – being one with the Lord. In a short moment, I want to say thank you to my friends Noel who died of lung cancer at 33 and Sr. Ruth
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I was young and scared, you were older and dying. Far from home and your family, and with no resources. I did my job and no more and in your last days I was not there. You will always be with me. I am so sorry.
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