Okay, after taking my time thinking about this...and reading other responses...I agree, 100%, with MOST of what Kim said. Her response was:
"If after getting second and third opinions, it was found that I truly was incurable, I would take the time I had being healthy and go with it. Living for a year or more, sick, to me really wouldn't be living. I would hope I can make my peace with what I had left and fill every day.
I would want to travel, at first, with my family and friends.. anyone who could make it. To see all the places on my list, fill my mind with wonder and help build memories of me in my love ones minds. I would continue to look for options to make sure nothing new has come available for my condition, but not dwell on it. I would make sure all my journals and scrapbooks were caught up. I would write.. I would write letters to everyone, I would write letters through time for my family, I would give away my stuff, so my family didn't have to deal with it. I would throw myself a funeral party that I could attend. I would buy/make thoughtful gifts to be given to my loved ones for special times in their lives. I would make sure everything was arranged for the kids, so their would be no legal issues after my death. I would only eat foods that were fantastic."
I could not have wrote it better...so I sole it! She then went on about leaving her family to die alone...sad :( Don't do it Kim, lol! I'm sure your family will remember the good times, not you on your death bed. They will, and do, want to be there for you :o)
I have never had anyone in my immediate family pass away, knock on wood, but when they do - I hope that I am there to hold their hand and tell them how much I love them and will miss them, and I hope they will all be there with me when my time comes :( which I hope and pray is not for another 60-70 years!
OKAY - NEXT WEEK - A HAPPY QUESTION PLEASE!
