The past eight months have been a near death experience.
It's been a near death experience not just for me, but for my wife and her sister as well. Some of us have been closer to death, my sister-in-law,Jane, now completely wrapped in the arms of ThanatosMay you rest in peace there, Jane; we miss you here.
But for my wife and I it's been merely a near death experience. Jane started living with us immediately after her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, having no other immediate family to help her through this journey. After several grueling trials of chemotherapy, which made her far sicker than she could tolerate, she started taking the hospice route.
She stayed with us until the end, several weeks ago. Since then, it's been an actual death experience, going on to blaze the trail which we all must travel, and which we all must travel alone. I'm in no particular hurry to head on out that way myself, but somehow it's reassuring being reminded that my reservation for the is confirmed, as well as non-refundable.
