What would you do if you had only a year to live?

[carol_marie]

My brother was given a year, maybe two to live. Then suddenly there was a medical complication and they changed it to hours to days.

He had a priest called in and received the sacraments of confession and anointing of the sick. He talked to all his family and asked forgiveness for anything he had done and told them all he loved them. He made a will and made plans for his funeral and where he should be buried. My mother gave him the Eucharist the day he died. He was very much at peace.

I’m so sorry for the loss of your dear brother. What a wonderful way to go out though… what a comfort it must’ve been to know he was at peace.

 

[Mijoy2]

I’d tell everybody I met what I am too cowardly to tell them now.

 

[amills]

I’m so sorry for the loss of your dear brother. What a wonderful way to go out though… what a comfort it must’ve been to know he was at peace.

Thank you. We talked and said all we needed to say to each other and much as I miss him I will be forever thankful that he lived and for all we shared throughout life. When we talked we realized that we had no regrets in our relationship.

 

[RWMorris]

I’d quit my job, spend most of my time with my family, go to daily Mass, and have one helluva Caribbean vacation.

 

[nobody]

clean my house, what would my obit look like if EMS had to come in today?

You took my answer! I hate the thought of my family having to clean up my messes after I die. Oh, I would also somehow make arrangements for a housekeeper to come in for my husband and kids for the next few years.

 

[nobody]

My brother was given a year, maybe two to live. Then suddenly there was a medical complication and they changed it to hours to days.

He had a priest called in and received the sacraments of confession and anointing of the sick. He talked to all his family and asked forgiveness for anything he had done and told them all he loved them. He made a will and made plans for his funeral and where he should be buried. My mother gave him the Eucharist the day he died. He was very much at peace.

I’m sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing this - beautiful.

 

[drafdog]

I’m reminded of the story of the monk who was asked where he would be if he knew that Jesus was returning. He asked in reply, “What time of day?” The man picked a time and the monk said that he would be at recreation. The man wanted to know why not in chapel at prayer or on a hilltop watching or something of that order. The monk’s answer: At that time of day we are to be at recreation. Christ would find me where I’m supposed to be, doing what I’m supposed to be doing.
Anyone who would change the ordinary pattern of life knowing the imminence of Christ’s coming should ask if the ordinary pattern of life is in some way deficient and amend it. To change one’s life for any other reason is to miss entirely the point of living.
If I had only a few days to live, I would be doing all the things that my vocation as husband and father demand of me. I will be at work to provide a living, at meals to provide companionship and community, at prayer to reenforce my faith, at the laundry to help fold, at the grocery to buy the food…

Matthew

Matthew

 

[kayla]

First I would donate most of my material possesions as Jesus says they are only temporal anyway.
Go back to Rome for a month ( Iloved it there!!)
Travel to Guatemal to meet my CFCA sponsored child and perhaps help out with missionary work there:
cfcausa.org/

 

[AZGrams]

I’m actually in this situation. The first thing I did was cry…and then cry some more. Then I gave forgiveness, true forgiveness to everyone that I’ve held a grudge against (2 people). I got to know my husband much better and therefore became closer even though we’ve been married 27 years. I helped my husband become Catholic.

I’ve become much closer to Jesus. I talk to him all the time and can feel him nearby. That’s the best part.

Finally, the entire family is flying in the first weekend of May, including my sons (Marine and family and my Soldier) and my siblings etc for a get wild, break out the Harley, get together that will go down in the history of the family as the best send off ever!
Irreverent? Maybe… but I want everyone to hear laughter… a lot of laughter. They will remember this when I’m gone rather than black suits and dresses.

 

[Eileen_T]

I met up with a childhood friend accidently one day when grocery shopping, who had been given this prognosis. She told me that her brother had given her a video camers and she and her husband planned many happy outings with their children and filmed her happy and having fun so they would have happy memories of her when she died.