THANKS AMY

MANY THANKS TO MY DAUGHTER, AMY WHO TRAVELED WITH HER FAMILY FROM NORTH OGDEN TO TEACH A CLASS ON END OF LIVE ISSUES AS SHE WORKED FOR HOSPICE FOR FIVE YEARS. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN HER INCREDIBLE INSIGHT INTO HER OWN MORTALITY AND SPIRITUALITY. SHE SAID THAT SHE NOTED IN MOST CASES THAT THE PEOPLE WHOS PASSINGS WERE PEACEFUL POSSESSED A DEEP SENSE OF THEIR OWN SPIRITUALITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELIGIOUS OR NON-RELIGIOUS VIEWS. SHE SAID THAT DEATH IS MANY TIMES VIEWED AS A TABOO SUBJECT BUT BY OPENING UP AND DISCUSSING IT, IT CAN BE EXPREMELY REWARDING AND HEALING. SHE FOUND THAT MOST PATIENTS AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES WANT TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES OF DYING BUT THAT FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ARE AFRAID TO BRING IT UP. AMY SAYS THAT AFTER HAVING THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING WITH SOMEONE AT THEIR TIME OF DEATH HAS MADE HER NOT AFRAID OF DYING AND ABSOLUTELY BELIEVES THAT "LIFE GOES NO".

AS MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT OF TOWN FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND, I WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT THIS CLASS AT A FUTURE DATE. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THIS BLOG. THANKS, PEGGY