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Donna holding Ruggles in Hospice
Hospice is about dying well. There is no good death any death is bad and painful but dying well surrounded by friends family loved ones changes the dynamic for both the patient and the family. It makes the time to the finite end better and kinder and comfortable but more important is the time after death. That is our long darkness the time after death of a loved one. Our
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MC Escher 1946
No matter when one examines life and death you can count on a certain amount of knowledge to follow. Prolonged grief is a serious issue. Examining our own grief to see for ourselves if it is prolonged is important.
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Escher Eye
1 Grief offers a chance to find & understand more 2 The changing landscape of hospice is not 100% positive 3 Grieving can be a place to find peace within ourselves
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Grief began that day there would be no fairytale ending. At that moment she gifted him her disease so she could live life on her terms free from the anchor of death. The role of caregiver replaced grief by offering up purpose and meaning each day. Each caregiving task pulled a bit of yarn that unraveled every moment of 29 years and bringing them to-life in bas-relief.
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MC Esher
I experienced survivor's guilt following Donna's death from cancer. I feel I do not deserve to have this home we created, be able to travel, be able to have joy that Donna is not having, and being alive. Survivor's guilt is real and my companion. I struggle to believe I did as much as possible to keep Donna alive. What I learned was that because of her I allowed Donna to be Donna till her death.
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Grief is an artesian aquifer that lies deep within us in a dormant state. It flows up between the cracks of our bedrock memories when a loved one dies. This aquifer of grief is part love and part light. It holds a subtle promise to quench our loss and sustain us
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M.C. Escher
Some links on How Should You Grieve, Closure Is Indifference, and Death and Grief in the Digital Age
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M.C. Escher
End-of-Life A film examines how death is what we all face yet most run in fear. “No Me Dejas” a brilliant Science Fiction short story about transferring memories. It’s what we do with loss and grief. A short paper on Death, Grief, and Family Dynamics.
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M.C. Escher
How to have a better death, Rums (just because), some grief lasts a lifetime, and how to learn from great loss.
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What I found interesting this week. East vs. West concept of last words, what makes life meaningful at the end-of-life, and judging others grief.
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