Tag: death
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Dad’s death – after noon on Monday and the funeral
Monday afternoon Once dad had passed away and people had finished filtering in and out of the room our attention was turned more fully and directly toward erasing the breach between the families. Bill suggested that we start by going to lunch as a family. He found a place and we all went and spent…
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Dad’s death – hospice care
I wrote on April 26th that Dad was dying. I said that we expected his death within hours (or days at the most) of him being moved to the hospice care ward. I never wrote the rest of the story. Here it is: On April 27th we returned to the hospital and the nurse explained…
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Dad is dying
We’ve known all week that Dad was in the hospital and things weren’t looking good but there hasn’t been any information to share. Friday afternoon Bill called to say that things had gone south and we were driving to see Dad on Saturday night after Sharon’s funeral/party. (Sharon killed herself last week, she died Friday…
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Journaling Jumpstart—Day 11
“Remember that you will die.” Admittedly, this isn’t the most pleasant topic. There is, however, great benefit in meditating on the reality that at some point, you will in fact die. It motivates you to live the life right now that you want to be living. Meditate on this, and write out your thoughts. Does…