On Saturday we lost a dear friend, coworker, wife, mother and grandmother. Luann Fahie is this person. We lost her to the scourge of cancer, like so many others we have lost over the years. It never gets easier.
A few have said that they did not get to say goodbye to Luann before she left this plane of existence. I say to them that you can still say goodbye or better yet, ask her help watch over us who are still here.
One drawback of saying goodbye in person is that some people will remember that person who meant so much to you laying there helpless, connected to tubes, machines and more there in the hospital which are helping to keep them here with us. While it is important that they not transition to the next level alone and that there are ones who truly with their whole heart and soul be able to let them know that they not be afraid and that it is ok to go on before us. The people with her need to be loving enough to remember that person as who they were before entering the care facility.
Just like in life itself, we have choices to make and in dying it is no different. If you know you have done all you can in this life to improve yourselves and the lives of others you can be the trailblazer to move on to the next and help guide each of us when we also get to that point.
Each one of us has a reason for being here and we each have an impact on others in the world, good or bad. Which will you choose to be? We know that Luann chose the good way to live and had a positive impact on others around her.
Till we meet again Luann, here’s to you.
