Reflections On End of Life Choices

The past week has been a roller coaster of life events.  Watching and participating in things that will change and alter the course of my life and others for the reminder of our lives as we muddle along.  How do we make the choices we do?  Why do we choose to love the way we do?  Why do we pick the lifestyle, the words, the actions, the people in our lives?  Why do we eventually hold some closer and push others further away?  Ahhhh, questions for the ages !!!!

My take on many things is not so much formed by the events that have happened in my life, but more by the the love of GOD in my life.  He is shaping me in to the person I am and using me through those events, He is providing me with a voice to speak, the feel, to hear, to reason, to witness, to worship, to love and to touch life in a way that I never knew before.

This is my temporary home, I am but passing through and as I go on this journey I want people who come in contact with me to be left with an impact that resonates with a profound impact as strong as Titanium, as soft as a cloud, as sweet as honey and as kind as Mother Teresa.  Oh, how I fail so many times, but I am still learning and working on those traits.

For me the transition from this worldly life to Heaven is a beautiful thing.  My Poppa has made the decision that he is at peace with, he is ready when GOD is ready for him.  As a believer I respect that choice, as his daughter I love him, I will miss his earthly presence, BUT, I want to honor his choice and allow him the right to live and die as he and GOD have chosen.

D and I made some of these same choices many years ago about end of life decisions.  It is a fact, we are all passing through and you can not avoid making difficult choices and decisions.  These are discussions and decisions that every family should have and make.  Don't wait until you are faced with an emergency, an accident or a tragic death to make decisions when you are in the middle of the grief process......it is much more difficult.

Download a living will, a medical power of attorney, advance directives and fill them out today.  Decide who will take care of your children in the event you were killed in an accident, or incapable for any reason and designate that person, write out your end of life wishes.  It's not morbid, it's realistic and it is going to happen.... that my friends is a sure bet !!!!!!