Last week I asked my mother if there was something she thought I should write about in my column. Quick to reply, she said, “How does one cope when their spouse is dying?”
“What do you mean by cope?” I asked.
“Are there things I should do? Are there ways to prepare for what is to come?” she replied.
Our family has spent 20 years thinking about my father’s final days, ever since his Parkinson’s diagnosis. In the last few years, we have prepared practically, legally and financially for the end of his life.
The one scenario we’ve not tackled: How should we be feeling as my father’s death draws near?