A Life Reflected

I have often heard it said that how we face death reflects how we have lived our lives. A cancer patient of many years recently signed up for HOSPICE and even as she did her spirit was undeniable. Friends who saw her in her last days remarked that other than the oxygen and needing alot of naps..our friend was herself until medication & her illness made her no longer consciously aware to those who visited her.

She lived with such energy & flare...guess we all thought she might go kicking and screeming, as she loved life so. But over time
it appears she had made peace with her next journey. As she invited
HOSPICE into her home she reflected on her FB account how "good
drugs" would be coming her way and how her appetite was still in
good working order...finding positives still in the life she was
so preciously living, day by day.

Perhaps it is because this incredible lady had fully lived during the few years of her "terminal" illness that she could go "quietly into the night"?

Jodi H. Underhill MEd. LMHC Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Certified K-12 Guidance Counselor License #MH9166 Phone: 386.747.7148