My Grandmother is nearing the end of her journey.

[GoldenOldie]

18. The hardest loss and the first was my Mother

And the hardest. She died after Avery long illness and I thought my heart would break. 15-yrs later I lost my older sister, father and brother within a matter of 13-months . I was with each one as They passed on to another journey. I was able to tell each one how much they meant to me but knew they were all entering another space and another journey. It seemed to bring them comfort and me a sense that this was not the end of our journeys together. My once held fear of death has been replaced with a quiet peace and I and my spouse have been able to have the talks with our children and grand-children. My mother and siblings died of cancer and my father of heart failure. I was diagnosed well before my siblings and not expected to survive, yet 26 years later I am still hanging around and passing my beliefs on to my children, my grandchildren and nieces and nephews. My eldest daughter has become an ER, Trauma, Flight, ICU RN and in her words "priveleged to be with her patient and their families," as they passed on. My only granddaughter was asked to sit with her best friends mother as she lay dying and although she found it extremely difficult as she had known this gentile woman formost of her life, she discovered it not only helped her through her grieving but also the daughter/best friend.