I posted a new goal in 43T - Celebrate, Savor & Release my Daddy. I am sure that there will be people who wonder about this as a goal. I think it is a very positive one, myself. My Daddy is dying, he has a lot of health issues and has gone down hill drastically physically.
He is 74 and old guys die. I have taken a lot of courses in death & dying, even spoken on the topic. Death is part of the life journey and to ignore it is just a symptom of our social ills. I have seen over the years people treat others with a dying family member like a person with a communicable disease. It makes no sense to me. I have toyed with doing hospice work, but the timing hasn't been right.
My dad has no specific health issue to take him out. He has a multitude of things that could take him including high blood pressure, a heart that functions at less then 50%, one damaged lung, diabetes. He is now on a very restricted diet from the food poisoning - if he lives a year it will be amazing.
Death is inevitable - it is the journey that is important. My Dad has lived his life the way he wanted. He is dying the way he wants, also his own terms. Macular degeneration has rendered him almost entirely blind. A man who read even more then I do - lives in a dark world. He fights to utilize every bit of his sight, I am the only person I know whose Dad has a Jeordie. Yup, my Dad has the eye goggles to help read. His computer reads out loud, he listens to blind radio and he is still aware & alert.
I will be 47 in days and have been blessed with one of the best dad's ever. I will miss him when he leaves, more then I can imagine. However, I OWE it to him to enjoy this last time & to let him leave when it is time without the pull of regrets. He has always been there for me, now it is my time to be there for him.
Celebrate - Savor - Release...
