I've been reading, The Final Act of Living: Reflections of a Longtime Hospice Nurse, by Barbara Karnes, RN. She mentions that in the months before dying, a patient will speak in what seems like a code, symbolic rambling, which if you are in tune, may give the caregiver insight into what is going on in their loved ones mind and heart.
Steve believes we are moving. He wants to gather things up and box them. Today, he was rearranging furniture to load up to move.
To distract him, I got out some old poker chips. This entertained him for a while, until he started putting the chips in his mouth. Not having a stomach and having his esophagus sewn to his small intestines would make for a digestive problem if he were to swallow one of those poker chips! I took them away.
Death to our body is just a moving day for our spirit and soul. That is when you "cash in your chips" not swallow them! Steve’s packing.
“We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8
“We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8
Just learned how to post....thanks to my precious and beautiful daughter, Leslie..These short notes are so moving and give such insight to how to understand how that loved one starts his journey to that new home. God bless steve and his coming moving day...
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