When I casually said to my dying partner in the nursing home “I look forward to when life is back to normal.”
By that stage I had been ‘living’ with her in the palliative room for about two months I think. (They had no limit on visiting hours so I took a fold up bed and only left twice a week for showers.)
Her reply “are you trying to make me cry” stays with me for ever.
Damn, what a crazy moment in your life. Genuinely thank you for sharing. I know there’s nothing I can say that will help but I hope you find a way to not guilt yourself over it too much. We all have moments, especially when we’re emotionally exhausted like you must have been, where we’re not at our best. That’s just being human. That was thirty seconds out of two months and however much time prior where I’m sure you more than made up for it.
When I casually said to my dying partner in the nursing home “I look forward to when life is back to normal.”
By that stage I had been ‘living’ with her in the palliative room for about two months I think. (They had no limit on visiting hours so I took a fold up bed and only left twice a week for showers.)
Her reply “are you trying to make me cry” stays with me for ever.
Damn, what a crazy moment in your life. Genuinely thank you for sharing. I know there’s nothing I can say that will help but I hope you find a way to not guilt yourself over it too much. We all have moments, especially when we’re emotionally exhausted like you must have been, where we’re not at our best. That’s just being human. That was thirty seconds out of two months and however much time prior where I’m sure you more than made up for it.
Thank you.
My fall back on this one is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7mQ26YCsho
(Nobody’s perfect.)