Or can it be both?
2006-08-03 22:58:52 · 9 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Both. Most definitely. If you're there, now, then I hope your bereavement is short, and as painless as possible. If not, go out, and buy your Mother some roses, and your Father a nice bottle of wine. And give both of them a kiss, and tell them how much you love them, and how much you appreciate their effort, in bringing you up, to be who you are now.
2006-08-03 23:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by flaming_dog_racing 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nAs a nurse I have sat at the bed of patents that have had no one there to be with them at the last moments of their life.I prayed for them and asked the Lord to take them into His kingdom.It is a honor to sit with them during this time.
When my father died,it was kind of all of a sudden.I called the family all together and we sat with him.When he was taking his last breath,we were all there.I got behind him b/c he was filling up with fluid in his lungs.My little sister was saying "what do we do" over and over.I told her we needed to pray.After the prayer,daddy had expired,but not after one tear fell from his eyes. I had been holding his head inmy lap,and will never be as proud as I was that day,the first day of his new life.
He had to be told it was OK to go,he NEEDED to know everything here with us would be OK.
My mom had throat cancer and I took care of her until 2 days before she died.She was on Hospice,so I placed her in the nursing home I was a nurse at,which I regret.I regret it b/c she died 2 days later.I was with her when she died,but I wish she would of been at home.I think she knew she was going to die,abd didn't want to be where the kids were since they were so young.
I do not think it is a burden,It is an honor.I hope when it is my turn to go,I will not be alone.I hope someone will think of it as a honor.
It hurt me so bad when patients families were not here or the patient had no family.To be alone in death,makes it seem their life here didn't have an impact on others.
JRL-LPN
2006-08-04 06:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burden if you see it as an end, but joyous if you see it, for what it really is, a soul returning back home, to its divine parents and other loved ones. Death is not the end of life, it is just another transition as birth.
No wonder, death is always a cause for celebration, in the heavens.
2006-08-04 08:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by Abhishek Joshi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I believe it is a great privledge to spend the last days with a dying loved one. It is not the most pleasant experience but it makes you realise how precious life is. Embrace life and all that comes with it.
2006-08-04 06:04:24 · answer #4 · answered by race_shift_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it could be both. It depends. I would have said burden until I did it; now I feel it was a privilege. It was my father-in-law, and it was helpful to see that he went peacefully and quietly, while we held his hands.
2006-08-04 06:03:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be both. Modern American culture has most people dying in a hospital. Most people used to die at home and the subject of death was not so taboo.
2006-08-04 06:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be both depending on one's culture, how they look at it, etc.
2006-08-04 06:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is both.
2006-08-04 11:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by Alexander Shannon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
privlege
2006-08-04 06:19:29 · answer #9 · answered by bambi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋