Talking 'bout death.
My coworker's mom died after 3 weeks in a hospice My coworker is incredibly enlightened, insightful, and wise -- if anyone knows about life stages and moving on and letting go, it's her. But after her mom passed on, she said she knew absolutely nothing about saying good-bye and the dying process. Losing her mom this way was much more difficult and emotional than she thought, partly because her mom wasn't ready to go.
Her mom relived her life, she talked through every stage she's been through -- but not in understandable words. Lots of repetition -- hours of the same phrases repeated over and over, phrases that represented certain stages of her life. She was somehow working through her life, settling it in her mind and soul somehow.
She didn't want to die. She was in her 80's. She was a devout Christian. She fought death as long as she could.
I recently wrote an article about dealing with death; now, it pales in comparison to my friend's experience. Truly, a humbling experience.
