Thanks, Jann - 100% wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. Medicine is no longer about saving lives and keeping healthy when money and profits become the core agenda.
“He wondered again at the easy, graceful manner in which the Roman lyricists accepted the fact of death, as if the nothingness they faced were a tribute to the richness of the years they had enjoyed; and he marveled at the bitterness, the terror, the barely concealed hatred he found in some of the later Christian poets of the Latin tradition when they looked to that death which promised, however vaguely, a rich and ecstatic eternity of life, as if that death and promise were a mockery that soured the days of their living.” (John Williams, Stoner)
That’s awesome. Do you know Sarah Horridge? She was one of my dear friends. Moved to England. She is a death doula as well. That takes a lot of strength. God bless you. It’s a wonderful idea!
I remember anointing my dads head and feet while he lay in a coma at the hospital.
I went home and took a nap. When I got up I received the news that he passed. Of course I cried my eyes out but was glad that I was with him before he made the decision to go. I do believe the soul decides.
I don't know her. I felt drawn to this. I was with, holding, 3 of my cats as they died. I have been with a few birds in the outside, and 2 rats as well. Four patients in the hospital, my husband in hospice, and had left my mom about an hour before her death. I was the only family with my dad 10 hours before his passing. It is truly special to be with someone at that transitional time.❤️
I am so grateful that I was able to have both of my parents and mother-in-law transition at home. My father’s last two weeks I witnessed a re-birthing, that is the fastest way to describe it. Extreme measures to keep the body alive with no quality of life is pointless in my opinion.
Some great points here, Jann- And I hear you on the odd fear of death. As I got older, death has become something of a comforting thought. I suppose though most people are likely still afraid of the 'way' they'd die? As opposed to death itself?
Thanks, Jann - 100% wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. Medicine is no longer about saving lives and keeping healthy when money and profits become the core agenda.
“He wondered again at the easy, graceful manner in which the Roman lyricists accepted the fact of death, as if the nothingness they faced were a tribute to the richness of the years they had enjoyed; and he marveled at the bitterness, the terror, the barely concealed hatred he found in some of the later Christian poets of the Latin tradition when they looked to that death which promised, however vaguely, a rich and ecstatic eternity of life, as if that death and promise were a mockery that soured the days of their living.” (John Williams, Stoner)
WOW, thanks for sharing that quote.
I feel the same way about pets. Let them die in dignity. Lots of money in "putting them to sleep"
I recently got my certificate as a death doula ❤️Hope you are doing well.
That’s awesome. Do you know Sarah Horridge? She was one of my dear friends. Moved to England. She is a death doula as well. That takes a lot of strength. God bless you. It’s a wonderful idea!
I remember anointing my dads head and feet while he lay in a coma at the hospital.
I went home and took a nap. When I got up I received the news that he passed. Of course I cried my eyes out but was glad that I was with him before he made the decision to go. I do believe the soul decides.
I don't know her. I felt drawn to this. I was with, holding, 3 of my cats as they died. I have been with a few birds in the outside, and 2 rats as well. Four patients in the hospital, my husband in hospice, and had left my mom about an hour before her death. I was the only family with my dad 10 hours before his passing. It is truly special to be with someone at that transitional time.❤️
I am so grateful that I was able to have both of my parents and mother-in-law transition at home. My father’s last two weeks I witnessed a re-birthing, that is the fastest way to describe it. Extreme measures to keep the body alive with no quality of life is pointless in my opinion.
Great article and important read Jann.
Thank you so much Marjorie and much love to you. 💕
Some great points here, Jann- And I hear you on the odd fear of death. As I got older, death has become something of a comforting thought. I suppose though most people are likely still afraid of the 'way' they'd die? As opposed to death itself?
I've never understood the fear of death either. I mean, it happens eventually to all of us. It's part of life.
Echoing Diana here wholeheartedly :)