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Ben Wakeman's avatar

This was incredibly hard to read this morning. My dad is approaching this last stage, this final bout with the mad dog. I’m not ready to even consider my own death yet but damnit you made me do that too on this Sunday morning. My personal anguish aside, this is a powerful piece of writing that strips away any romantic notions of death and lays it bare. I’m glad this series only has three parts. Not sure my heart could take more.

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Anna Schott's avatar

I think maybe we get to chose which dog. Saw it with my grandfather– he smiled so sweetly, held my hand and said, "goodbye, dear." I saw life and letting go of it through his eyes for a moment... everything else seemed to fall away–he was just... grateful for love and full OF love. And although he's still alive, I've seen the same in my own father each time he was near death in a hospital setting. I feel lucky to have such examples.

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