Tag: dying
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It’s been 29 years….really?
methetree
Grief is a funny thing. Sometimes, it’s a quiet companion. A simple remembrance on a significant date, a soft ache that lets you reflect on the good memories without breaking apart. Then, sometimes, it hits like a runaway freight train. Today marks 29 years since my brother, my only sibling, passed away. He was 29 Read more
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🌈 Holding Her as She Goes: Grieving My Dog with Intention
methetree
Tomorrow, I will say goodbye to my best girl, Sadie. She is 13 years old. She is my shadow, my protector, my soul keeper.She has been beside me through more loss than most people could carry.And now, it’s my turn to be beside her. A Special Day, A Sacred Goodbye Today, I am giving her Read more
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🕯️ What No One Tells You About Watching Someone Die
methetree
People talk a lot about death, in theory. They talk about “making peace,” about “being there at the end,” about “saying goodbye.”They talk about hospice and comfort and closure. But what they don’t talk about is the terrible, exhausting, holy place that caregivers live in when someone is dying.Especially when that someone is someone you Read more