A Day of Sunsets

We met with hospice yesterday and worked out the details for Mom K's transfer to a new Home today. Hospice will evaluate her tomorrow and begin palliative care immediately. She was pretty non-responsive when we visited her in the hospital, though Arvo very sweetly gave her dribbles of water through a straw. She raised her hand and grasped his hand as he did so, and tried to speak, but neither of us could tell what she was trying to say. I think she was saying, "I love you." I know that is what I would be saying to my children in the same situation.

It was a hard day...a very hard day. But I went to visit the Home we hoped to move her to, and was very impressed. Mom K will room with another woman from Germany, with the same name as her niece! The workers give warm baths to the residents, and rub their feet with oil. When I visited the "Reminisces" section, they were making chocolate chip cookies, and the scent wafted throughout the home. I almost want to be admitted....

We packed up her room in her old Assisted Living Home, and hugged all her old aides, promising to stay in touch. It is all rather numbing, and surreal, but one does what one has to do.

I checked my Facebook notifications, wondering the fate of a Carolina Dog scheduled for early morning euthanization. The dog that looks so much like my Honeybun, was rescued in the final hour. There was a picture posted of him, newly sprung from animal control. He was just a young guy, with his ears perked forward, his expression saying, "I'm ready to start my life now!"

In a day of sunsets, it was a sunrise.

I have to keep an eternal perspective, or life becomes too overwhelming, too grievous. Honestly, I don't know how people without God manage to open their eyes each morning. But it all seems more bearable knowing that God is real, and waiting to welcome anyone who wants to be with Him, anyone who believes and recognizes the need of Him. All the sickness, and suffering, and sadness will be healed in a moment. It will be a time of eternal sunrise.

Luke 4:40 (NIV)
At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them.




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