ML is dying little by little each day. Everyday something else has gone and she looks more vacant than the day before. She will have moments when she is present but each day it is a little less than the day before. I spoke to my minister ( V)about this. She took care of her brother as he died from AIDS and she was a Hospice Chaplain.
V explained that this is a busy time for ML. She is preparing for a journey and has one foot in this world and one foot in another.
Well, that made sense. ML has been having conversations with people we can't see. She is listening to someone. She nods her heads, smiles and answers questions out loud.
When ML is present she asked about her middle son . ML worried a lot about him and was worried he would never find happiness--well he has. I keep telling her he is fine, her job with him is done.
I was talking to Hubby about this last night and he got upset.
" What happens to the people that don't do this work?"
Hubby's youngest brother killed himself in April, his dad died suddenly in May from a heart attack, and our friend Bruce was told a week before he died that he was dying.
They did not do this work.
I didn't have an answer but it got me wondering..... What does happen when you die suddenly?
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That is such a lovely thought, that you can prepare for, and be prepared for, the last journey.
I'd like to think that there is also time after the start of the journey to prepare, to take care of that last bit of business.
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