Actually, this a throwback from years before.
Have you ever touched the hand of a dead relative or friend? What did you feel?
We at the office so shocked, when we were informed of the demise of our officemate.
She was a 30 plus, single and was the head of the Marketing Department.
She’s close to me since she treats me like her auntie, because I am older than more than 20 years than her.
She would come to me when she would have a problem with her bestfriend , a handsome gay , with whom she fell in love with , but was unrequited of course.
So when the news came that she died, I was so shocked. While sleeping, she had a heart attack but was still taken to the hospital . However, she was in a coma already and was in the intensive care unit for about 3 days .
When her parents and sisters arrived from the US, since it’s only her now living in their house here in the Philippines, and have seen her in a coma , she stopped breathing and died .
It’s as if she was just waiting for them to arrive, so she can finally breath her last.
Before she was cremated, she was at the funeral parlor, lain on a nicely laden with flower bed like-plotform.
After the mass, I approached her and said my prayer silently. After that, I touched her hand. As I touched her hand, I suddenly remembered the happy days we had when she was still alive.
I remember her giving me nice gifts when she came from a vacation form Indonesia. I remember her crying and telling me her heartaches over her gay best friend and have to console her and give my advise to which she followed. This advise of mine , made her and her gay best friend , friends again, because they quarreled.
I remember her letting us eat delicious tacos and foods from her restaurants. I remember her kindness and generosity since she have more than enough for herself.
As I was touching her hand and remembering those good times with her, my tears were falling. I cried silently for her demise.
I felt as if with the touch of her cold hand, she made me remember our happy times and I never felt afraid, even until now, whenever I remember her when I am alone in our bedroom .
I know, not all of us wants to see the dead, much more hold the hands of a dead person.
But not me. I just have to touch her hand for the last time. And I never regretted touching her hand.
Have you ever touched the hand of a dead person? Are you afraid of seeing a dead person in a coffin?
Note : Picture is from google
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@Dina, this blog made me remember and miss my old best friend whom died at age 35 due to suffered from cancer.
She was suffered from breast cancer at 26, the year just after she finished her university degree study. I was curious on why she didn’t look for a job to make a living after graduated. I only knew she was done her surgery when paid her a visit.
Luckily, she has just bought a medical insurance policy with her when she was second year student, she has no income bust still have to pay for insurance premium…I blamed her for why made herself in financial burden as a poor student.
But, the medical insurance took care of her medical fee later.
The cancer recurred after 10 years after she worked afternoon shift in new company. The cancer cells spread very fast and to other organs. She died after the radiotherapy.
I have no fried died at that young age. More over, this is my best friend, I felt so sad to hear this bad news. I still feel painful today. But, I know she is fine with the her Father in the heaven now.
We will meet one day later.
Oh how sad that your friend died too early in life.
But at least she was still able to live 10 years more, before it recurred and took her life.
Some people says that the chemotherapy , as in her case, radiotherapy, is what hastens the life of a cancer-stricken person. It is said that its because the cancer cells would spread fast and that even the good cells are targeted by the chemotherapy.
It seems there is truth in these, because I have heard of cancer-stricken persons who died after they were operated.
As much as I am afraid to even look at a corpse, i had no choice but to do it. The first time was my dad who passed on a few years back. It was shocking to all is it came like a bomb shell not knowing what to do or how to behave given that it was the first time we were experiencing a death in the home. When we want to th3 morgue I was told that I have to touch him before they laid his body into the casket. That was the hardest thing ever for me to do in my life. With my mum and brother by my side I held my dad's hand and he was still warm and soft even after 3 days in the morgue. I just said a prayer and walked away. It was very sad but God have us the grace to go on. 4 years down line I lost my sister, now this one was pretty bad because she had an accident and died on the spot. Watching her lifeless body lying there was so devastating, when I put my hand on her forehead and felt how cold she was made me feel so lonely, it made me feel like a big part of my life was torn apart. You find yourself thinking who will help me when am stuck, who will be there to guide me through stuff, who will teach me new stuff so many things go through your mind that you can't really explain. So I know the feeling and it's not a very nice one.