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Final Gift Reflection

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Each death that I experienced were all different in their own way but all have one thing in common. Everyone that is in involved with grieving for an individual agree takes time. Everyone does it differently whether that is talking about their death or crying maybe screaming in many cases I’ve seen. One thing I’ve learned is we must accept it and if we are mad or sad we must first understand the death and the emotions that may come with it. I begin to understand it is part of life and everyone is going to die someday. I truly believe they will be with me forever and their life lessons and memories will be with me as well. In examining my death experiences, I am still learning how to face death and understand it. But Final Gifts makes you think of the person’s life that is about to end and how to prepare and get ready for that and how to communicate to a person about to die.

This book has helped me to better understand what to look for. When someone important to us is at his or hers last couple weeks of life is when we must pay attention. The authors describe many moments when they try to prepare people for death. I think at any moment in life when we are caring for someone close to death or caring for an ill family …show more content…

This book is easy to relate to and everyone should read this book. The book does a great job with explaining ways to commutate and understand death. Final Gifts makes you realize when someone is dying close to you, it is not a great experience but is filled with a lot of “grief, pain and loss.” This book really helped me to see death as an important part of life. When having a conversation about death this book is a very uplifting. It helped me realize the death of my grandfather and other deaths I have witnessed are not so bad. I can remember when I went to the hospital and witnessed an older man final moments before

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