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My last few posts have been about several major documents that we should put in place well before we’re at the end of life. But dealing with mortality includes more than signing documents. Important as paperwork is, the human aspect of death is equally significant.
Key points…
When you make your personal (advance) directive, be sure your family is on board. This doesn’t mean they have to agree with what you want. The question to ask them is… Will you honour what I want?
Kit Jackson mentions a small book called Hard Choices for Loving People. I haven’t read it. Here’s where you can find out more.
Five things to say at the bedside of a dying person…
- Thank you.
- I love you.
- Please forgive me.
- I forgive you.
- Goodbye.
That more or less says it all, I think.