My wife, my
daughter and I – along with some other friends – have spent many days sitting with
our friend Dorothy at the hospital over the past couple of weeks. She is in the Palliative Care Unit and is
in the process of dying. She has lived a good life against incredible odds. I
stayed with her for about eight hours yesterday. It is not likely that she will
make it through the weekend. This is what my wife said:
“As Dorothy
ever so slowly slips away, I am reminded of Mother Theresa who said, "Let
us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the
graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble
work." Dorothy is giving us an opportunity to hold the hand of Jesus as he
looks upon us in love.”
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| Dorothy Burdette sitting on her front porch |
During the
past couple of years, I sat with Dorothy Burdette at her apartment and got her
to tell her life story as I recorded it on tape. I was able to get her words
down in her own book which I presented to her on her 82nd birthday
last February. I’ll tell you more about her on this blog sometime in the weeks
ahead.
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