OMG—–grief is SOO Heavy but after a few recovery sessions this week and preparing to teach tonight’s Authenti-Scope on Defining Seasons: The Seasons of Loss got me thinking about ALL the KRAY encounters I have had:
If I could teach a RIP (Rest In Peace) class, I’d ask them to:
+ Wait until the survivor reaches out to you to share the belongings of the deceased.
+Have a Will and Execute the Last Will and Testament which includes the desires of the deceased.
+NEVER ask if they need anything…the answer is YES, even if these needs can’t always be communicated.
+ I don’t think your aunt knew the Lawd, cause she smoked Black N Milds up until she died. WRONG….Stop it, you never know the relationship a person will have with God at the end of their life.
+REFRAIN from asking, “What did you do with the insurance money?” Did you pay your offering to the church with it?
+ Aunt Sadie wanted me to have her bracelet, the gold one, and you have not even signed her probate paperwork.
+She/he looks so natural in the casket……um…..actually they are not.
+Can you put me and Uncle Earnest on the program when you were ghost from day one.
+ ADD YOURS HERE……………………………………
Danita Ogandaga, MSW 