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I actually should have also included your post #9920, as that one, especially the last paragraph really got to me...

I worked for years in nursing home...I always tried to work graveyard shift, as I function much better at night, than during the day....anyway, during graveyard shift, there are fewer workers around, and everyone has more residents to care for...given the nature of nursing homes, and the age and the health of the residents, most of those residents are there, living out the last years of their lives...and given that, naturally I have been privileged to care for many of these residents during their last hours on earth...

Most of them are conscious, many are fully aware that they are dying...there is nothing more satisfying than sitting at their bedside, holding their hand, comforting them, unless or until their family or loved ones arrive(which all too many times never happens)...

And I also, have seen them die in many different ways...some are moaning in pain, some are frightened, and yet others seem quite at peace, and almost serene...each one dies in their own way, and whatever way that might be, I tried to be there, to help them, in any way I could...

All I can really do for them, is hold their hand, and when they do die, I used to feel that now my hand was no longer needed, because now they were in God’s hands...

It is difficult sometimes to be with folks as they die, and yet to me anyway, it certainly was the most worthwhile part of my job...

Anyway, thanks for your kind comments, and glad that you are up late...sometimes myself, I am up to 4am each and every nite, even, tho I am retired....somehow, I find it hard to sleep at night, and hard to stay awake during the daylight hours...I am just all twisted around...