Lesson Three From Taking Care of a 102 yo in Her Last Year of Life- The Role of Faith in Dying

From the outset let me be clear I am not a religious person for several reasons, one being my personality. My personality is the type that has to see something to believe it. However there is song  Walk On by U2 which has some of the most poignant lyrics in music history. There is a phrase that goes, “

“You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been.

A place that has to be believed to be seen.”

Why am I quoting U2? It’s because my mother in law was religious and fully believed in this concept.

In the last days of her life she told my wife and I, “I don’t want to die, but I have talked to God many times and have asked him to take me. I think I’m going to heaven.”

(This gave me an opening to say to her something that I had been thinking of for months. I said to her, “Ma if anyone is going to heaven it’s you. You are the best Christian I have ever known. Every day you practice what Jesus taught.”)

She replied in a way that demonstrates what a great sense of humor she had, “Besides, I know a lot of people there.”

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