When Death Is Near » terminal illness http://www.ifdeathisnear.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Sailing Away from This Life into the Next http://www.ifdeathisnear.com/2009/03/sailing-away-from-this-life-into-the-next/ http://www.ifdeathisnear.com/2009/03/sailing-away-from-this-life-into-the-next/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:19:17 +0000 admin http://ifdeathisnear.com/?p=17 Hello:

I re-found this poem recently and wanted to share it with you and keep it where I can find it again.

The Horizon
attributed to Henry Scott Holland

I am standing upon the seashore.
A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning
    breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of
    white cloud on the horizon,
Just where the sea and the sky come to mingle with one another.

Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone."

Gone from my sight.  That is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side,
And she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says,
"There, she is gone," there are other eyes watching her coming.
And other voices ready to take up the glad shout:
"Here she comes!"

And that is dying.

My thoughts and prayers are with you if you are grieving today.  It is a long road and it will take some time before your every thought is about your loved one.  Take your time to heal.

With love and support,

Judy H. Wright aka Auntie Artichoke, family relationship coach and author

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]]> http://www.ifdeathisnear.com/2009/03/sailing-away-from-this-life-into-the-next/feed/ 0 Stages of Death-Final Gifts http://www.ifdeathisnear.com/2008/10/stages-of-death-final-gifts/ http://www.ifdeathisnear.com/2008/10/stages-of-death-final-gifts/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:25:07 +0000 admin http://ifdeathisnear.com/?p=24 Hello from beautiful Montana:

If you or a loved one is coping with a terminal illness my love and support go out to you.  This is some of the hardest work in the world-so much to do, people to call, questions to get answered and so little energy  to do it all.

Please go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AuntieArtichoke  for the 15 minute show I did this morning on this subject.  Perhaps it will give you insights and hope.

My advice to you as a Hospice volunteer for gathering Final Gifts, life stories, is to treasure the moments of living while coping with the losses that are ahead.  Live fully as best you can until you are no longer in this plane of existence, but have continued your journey.

This can be a time of great personal growth and satisfaction.  Remember the 5 most important things from my friend Dr. Ira Byock's book Dying Well;

  1. Forgive me
  2. I forgive you
  3. Thank you
  4. I love you
  5. Goodby

I will be doing an intensive 4 week teleclass on Grieving starting on Thursday November 6.  All sessions will be recorded so you will be able to replay it later should you have to miss that one.

This is designed to get you or your loved ones through the holidays.  We will provide support, love and guidance to strengthen and sustain you.  It will cost you $147.00 and return to you priceless peace and support.

If you are interested, please write to me at Judy@ArtichokePress.com and I will send you the information.

Peace be with you,

Judy H. Wright aka Auntie Artichoke, family relationship coach and author
www.ArtichokePress.com

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