It's surreal to know when someone is going to die. This is not something that I've experienced before. A relative of Laura's in Holland where apparently they have euthanasia is going to die tomorrow surrounded my loving family.
In my experience people avoid saying final goodbyes. I have. It's difficult to do and easy to make excused like "I'll go over next weekend". Quite often next weekend never comes and you're left saying your one sided goodbye at the funeral. It's hard to describe how much this sucks. Things that never get said aren't just unsaid, they remain with you as a wound that may scar up, but never disappear.
This death is not like that. This is where you can make sure you say goodbye. Where you can talk about all the awesome stuff you shared. Where you can send pictures today where you might not have gotten around to it until next month.
All things must end. We can all hope that our own end will be a good one, surrounded by love.
No comments:
Post a Comment