Death – Page 15 – Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker

We lost a friend, colleague, coach and teacher over the weekend

Epcot water bridge — Little did i know yesterday morning during a run that this photo would be a symbol of hope. It’s speculated we pass through some sort of light on our way to the afterlife.

We lost a friend, colleague, football coach and art teacher over the weekend. He was in his 40’s with no warning signs. He leaves behind his wife and 10th-grade daughter.

At 16, our Son has reached a stage in life were these realities are starting to catch his attention.

Someone who “shouldn’t have” died, died for no apparent reason and without any warning.

Not fair.

Painful.

The school counsellors shared this resource via email last night.

The stages of grief that you may see in your child are:

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

Please go here for more details about these stages and what to expect.

It is a solemn reminder of life’s fragile nature.

May Brad Ramsey’s Family find enough comfort and peace surrounding them to heal their broken hearts.

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Organized just enough to do a few remarkable things

Central Florida Thunderstorm — Red Dirt Road in Clermont, Florida. Last night.

Organized just enough to do a few remarkable things.

Counting my days has been transformational.

My deadline to do everything in life i want to do is June 8, 2019.

Living like there are no days available to me after that date.

Weird.

Unusual.

Obsessive?

Compulsive?

Freakish.

Not to me.

The one word i keep coming back to is this, transformational.

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Winnie, can you help my Dad?

Nursing home double occupancy room — Winfield is behind the curtain. A 15-year old is bedside.

Winnie, can you help my Dad?

i know you’re 101 year-old, bed-ridden body leaves you physically incapacitated, but my goodness, your mind – your mind is astonishing.

Can you help me, educate me, and encourage me to develop a deeper and wider wisdom about what it’s like to stare death in the face every day?

And through this and with this, help my 90-year old Father-in-Law fight a good fight every day.

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This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

Three more trips around the sun please

Sanibel sunset — 1095 more of these please, you know, before i die.

Sanibel palm trees — And let’s not forget about the mornings.

Three more trips around the sun please.

See a Senior graduate High School.

Do as much good, to as many people, as often as possible,.

Love my wife and Family like i mean it.

Reach the milestone 60th birthday.

Anything after that would be bonus time.

The last three sentences here (from today’s MLC post) are serendipitous.

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This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

Can’t take back what i said

2016 first Florida tropical storm — Stormy weather (yesterday’s radar) is happening physically and spiritually.

Can’t take back what i said.

How’s it going, i asked while we were washing out hands at the sink in the gym bathroom.

Not so good, he said, my dad has Alzheimers and we just found out he has (kidney?) cancer, and i recently called in hospice.

How old is your dad?

Eighty-seven.

No one lives forever was the first thing that came out of my mouth.

i had invisibly done rapid-fire calculations and deductions in my head and instantaneously thought…87 is a long life. i know many people, my dad and grandfather to name just two, who would have thought 87 was more than a gift.

Sure, death is obviously the end of an earthly relationship. As we age, we have to see (and prepare for) this coming. And how we live with this reality (everyday) in large part determines how we view the separation that death brings.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.