re: My 84 yr old father was recommended for hospice today

I’ve dealt with this first hand, and I feel for you. It will hit you harder than you thought. Prayers for you and your family.


I’ve come to realize that there is no dignity in an old death - I watched my grandfather wither away from Alzheimer’s, I’ve watched family members be in so much pain from cancer that they were drugged almost to the point of killing them just so they could get through their last few hours. The older I get the more I think the Vikings and Spartans had it right - go out in a blaze of glory and end it quick.

That said - reach out to your friends if you need something. Don’t suffer alone; it helped me just to have someone to sit with and tell the occasional joke, even if we didn’t discuss “why” we were there.