I don’t like death
Ever
And when it affects us directly … @#$%
I can talk to the kids about it and am able to explain it in a way that hopefully helps
But this week we lost an uncle
I hadn’t seen him in a number of years
This past Thanksgiving I invited him
When he said he couldn’t come I tried again
And a third time …
Unfortunately that didn’t happen
And now he’s gone
Today was the funeral
Unfortunately one of the kids is sick so we couldn’t go to the wake
We did try though
This is day 4 of the being sick
He really tried to get ready to go
He was willing and took a shower but became dizzy and nauseous so we didn’t make it
Today I took the kids out of school to attend the funeral
There were a LOT of tears
I told them later that I don’t want sad sappy music at my funeral
How about some lizzo or billie eilish?
Death is exhausting
I wonder what goes through my dad’s head or anyone’s head when they get closer to death
If your older brother passes do you think to yourself, how much time do I have left?
Or maybe it’s best not to think that way
It’s not, I know that
We need to live each day like it’s the last
Because we simply never know when it will happen to us …