Several years ago, when I was a brand new nurse’s aide, I had an experience with a dying patient that changed my perspective completely. I was scheduled to be a 1:1 companion with her for a 12 hour shift. The lady had received the news the day before that she most likely not live more than another week or two. And she was very much at peace with this, when talking to throughout my shift I inquired how she could be so calm and collected. She told me that death was just the next step. Death was a journey to heaven and she was glad to be taking that journey. I wished, that day, that I was more educated in scripture and theology so that I could have had better conversations with her! She taught me so much, and she was the one that provided comfort
