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Lucid Moments in Death
how I processed the death of a close family member
I recently lost my father-in-law Gary to cancer. From diagnosis to his passing occurred within a week’s time. Far too quick to fully grasp everything that happened and really let the emotions soak in. Perhaps this post is yet another way I am working through it.
I process death a bit differently than most people. To me, death is not a scary thing to fear, but more of a coming home to our original selves. I used AI to create the moods and visions I was having during my daily hour-long meditations throughout his passing.
Prelude: The Dream
Here are a series of lucid moments that surrounded the time before, during, and after the recent passing of my father-in-law Gary. It started a month before my father-in-law passed away when I had a very vivid dream of him lying in a bed at a hospice surrounded by close family members. Nothing was said but the feeling was he was going to pass at any moment. 3 weeks after that he was diagnosed with cancer and then died abruptly (and thankfully) one week later.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆
Gary would often come over to eat lunch with us. Almost every time we would see a beautiful white butterfly flutter by. He would look at the two of us and…
