One of my friends does aesthetics from her home and she's been my favorite pedicurist for years. I called her today to make an appointment and could tell by the sound of her voice that something was wrong. It turned out that her husband had passed away last February but I'd been in Florida and hadn't known. She's a nice friend but not a close one where we talk regularly.
He hadn't been sick but had suddenly become weak and not wanting to eat. She suggested calling the doctor but he was one of these men who refuse to see a doctor even for check-ups. She helped him to bed and slept beside him until 2 A.M. when he awoke and told her to go to her own room because he was restless. She did as he asked but got up at 5 A.M. and went in to check on him. He had passed away peacefully in his sleep.
Now, a sudden death like this is especially hard on loved ones because they have no time to prepare but dying peacefully in one's sleep is the way we all want to go.
My friend is still tender from grief and will be for some time yet. She mourns the fact that they argued a lot...I can identify with that. She wishes they'd been more loving to one another...I can identify with that, too. Sometimes, we don't have another day, another minute, another moment to make up for sharp words or actions. Sometimes what is done is done and we can't go back and make it any different.
We need to keep this in mind.
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