Dying in the Living
Every day, I am surrounded by the possibility of death. In my work as a Palliative Care/Hematology and Oncology Chaplain, I am always thinking about the fragility of life. We are merely a whisper, a minor blink in the film of life, a moment. Even those who are super famous or whose sudden passing caused us to have a collective gasp - are remembered only in a short time. That always has me thinking. How well are we living into the dash. None of us know truly our origin - someone told us that...and none of us know when we will end - some will speak of that...so it is truly just that in between that we can say who we are, what we are about, and how we want our lives to be. Some of us are short on this side of the universe, and others are anticipating their 100th trip around the sun, for all of us, we have an appointment on this Earth and a completion date. One of the things working with families in the journey of their loved ones final chapter is the reminder to myself of the gift of...
