It will make you stop in your tracks.
It will make you hug a stranger.
It will make you forgive an enemy.
It shows you what really matters. Instantly.
Death is hard to see, but knowing it's coming is weird to experience. All of a sudden you have a new focus.
Watching someone literally fight to breathe and then eventually fade out of breathing is the most agonizing process I've ever seen. The reality is just as one of the nurses said,
"Sometimes we prolong death, rather than prolonging life"
Sometimes the person may be fighting.. for you to let them be relieved from suffering.
It was hard watching my nana the past few months leading up to her death, but the last hours were by far the hardest and most surreal.
Many have asked how my family and I are doing. Everyone is taking it a little differently.
This is how I feel: Glad that nana can finally rest, sad that she is no longer with us, and grateful. Grateful because in the last few months, I've spent more time with that side of my family than I probably have in my whole life. And I'm grateful for each and every one of those family members I still have the opportunity to love on going forward.
Life and time are precious gifts. Don't waste them.
Laugh. Inspire. Believe. Love