Well, this one doesn’t seem so fun, but I promise it ain’t bad!
There’s lots of laughter in here because even life’s darkest moments can have a sense of humor.
Chapter 2 is called “Heefy Jeebies” and it centers on when my uncle (my dad’s brother) needed home hospice care. We weren’t even aware he was sick enough for the scary word “home hospice” in the first place. My cousin warned me he could go any minute, so my mom and I made their family an Easter dinner as the holiday weekend was only a couple days away.
I don’t know what I was expecting, but what I saw when I walked in wasn’t it. I didn’t know what to do with my hands. Or the ham.
Awkwardness, obviously, ensues.
I think this was a tough chapter for me to revisit because I remember talking with my cousin, feeling such compassion for her knowing she would lose her dad any day, and such gratitude that my dad was alive and healthy. Little did I know, my own father would die just two short years later unexpectedly.
No one is ever ready for this. Even when it’s “expected any day now.”
But don’t worry, this chapter isn’t depressing. If anything, I hope it will uplift you.
I consider grief to be an incredible blessing- it’s a process that helps us honor what we’ve lost.
On our walk today, I hope we can unearth a deep sense of gratitude. How lucky we are to have something in our lives so precious, we’d be devastated by its absence. Really, go hug somebody tight right now that you can’t stand most of the time, but love so bad it burns. I’ll wait!
Or I guess, I’ll walk.
See you out there,
Anna
Have we met? I’m Anna Lind Thomas, a humor writer out of Omaha, Nebraska. I’m listed as one of USA Today’s top ten funniest women writers, and author of the best selling book We’ll Laugh About This (Someday) and my latest - I’m Not Ready for This. Once you read them, text me (number’s in the back and I respond!). Don’t forget to say hi on Facebook and Instagram.
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