We had some really sad news from the UK today. Seems my mothers oldest friend is seriously ill and unlikely to last overnight. She has kidney failure, pneumonia and a number of other ailments.
She and my mother have known each other for over 80 years. They were children in school together, They grew up in the same town and have lived near… within a mile of… each other for most of that time. Mavis even introduced my father to my mother and she and her then husband-to-be chaperoned them on their first dates. There is a lot of history in their relationship.
We all know death is inevitable, but even when you’ve had a good life and can see it coming it’s hard to accept. I’ve had the occasional pain in my left arm and can often feel my heart ‘grinding’ in my chest so am more than aware of my own mortality. Yes I accept what comes, I have no choice, and I’m as curious about the possibility of another stage on the adventure as anyone, but I’m really not in any hurry to find out for certain.
Stilll… for Mavis… we keep our fingers crossed and hope her passing is as easy and gentle as it can be and that the family come to terms with the flow of existence as it washes one of their own away into eternity.
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