Live a dying life! don't die a dying life!
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If you take away one bit of information from this website, it is this.
LIVE, while you can, LIVE! Not only for the terminally ill but also the family. You can and have a choice of how you will spend your remaining days as either the person who is terminally ill or as the spouse or caregiver of the person who is ill.
While going out and partying in a bar till dawn may not be your thing or the person who is ill can't physically manage that, you can still find ways to do the things you love with the people you love, even if you have to tone things down or take them in smaller bits
Here are some things we did
- Have a friend host a party. If the weather is nice, it is easy to have more people outside. Pick a theme close to your likes to make things fun and lighten the mood. We chose Hawaiian shirts.
- Go to a festival
- Take a vacation
- Go out to Eat
- Go to sporting events
- Go to Concerts
- See worksheet on the Bucket list for more ideas.
Do some thing with as a whole family. Parties are great for this. The other children in your life will feel your stress or the stress of their parents. And as much as I say that the center of this is the person who is terminally ill and their immediate family, it will and does effect every other family member, friend and their families. I am 3 1/2 months after my husband's death and the affect on every age group is still very much there. The adults of every age group are planning funerals, taking care of necessary paperwork. Parents of young children are taking care of life insurance, guardianships, and living life. Taking and enjoying family vacations. But even the children of my friends have and are affected. A friend's young son asked his Mother, "Is Mrs Hasz still going to have their annual party now that Mr Hasz is gone?" He was 11 when he asked. My answer was "YES, we will continue to live!"
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