I was speaking with a friend today and she shared that someone close to her is suffering with a chronic illness and is going to die from it. My friend is going to spend a week with this woman. How should she behave? What will they talk about? Can they speak about the illness? Can they speak about death?

How do we stay in the moment with the painful truth that someone we love is going to leave us and not by their conscious choice?

I don't have the perfect answer, but the question seems an important one to share, and discuss. For me, the key is to love, love, love. What else can we do when we live as these bodies--these wild and crazy teachers that are dragging us, kicking and screaming, all the way home?