Another way to look at death is …
My mommy died last week at the age of 91. Technically she was my mother-in-law, but in my mind and my heart, she had been my mommy for 33 years. My real mom died when I was 36, so my wife’s mother (Hilda) had been my mommy for almost as long as my real mom. The term “mommy” came naturally to me. That’s how I felt about her. My wife Shelly thought the term was a bit childish and didn’t like to hear me say it. But Hilda loved it so I kept using it. I didn’t have growing-up experiences [...]
Will you die with these regrets?
Bonnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai (http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html), which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Read her original blog post and see my explanation why so many of us have these regrets. “For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the [...]
