Losing someone we admire from a distance is a weird thing. Maybe it’s practice for when we lose those who are closer to us. Perhaps it’s a chance to be reminded of the dust and ash that connects us all. At any rate, death is a reminder that having life as we know it snatched away from us sucks and there’s a finality that few of us are well-equipped to handle…at least not in the western, U.S. framework of things. I worked for a short period of time in the healthcare industry a few years back and I’ll never forget my boss talking about what a poor job we do, collectively as a society, in prepping people for death, for end-of-life issues, for saying goodbye.
Saying goodbye to someone I didn't know
Saying goodbye to someone I didn't know
Saying goodbye to someone I didn't know
Losing someone we admire from a distance is a weird thing. Maybe it’s practice for when we lose those who are closer to us. Perhaps it’s a chance to be reminded of the dust and ash that connects us all. At any rate, death is a reminder that having life as we know it snatched away from us sucks and there’s a finality that few of us are well-equipped to handle…at least not in the western, U.S. framework of things. I worked for a short period of time in the healthcare industry a few years back and I’ll never forget my boss talking about what a poor job we do, collectively as a society, in prepping people for death, for end-of-life issues, for saying goodbye.