Chapter 5- Recommendation #23- Recognize the bottom line-both the pain and the sense of helplessness

Certainly, the dying process can be extremely difficult for both parties the terminally ill loved one and the family members. I have not experienced the death of a parent but I know it will be something I will have to face because death is something inevitable and each one of us is destined to encounter it one day or another. Although it is best to make the person feel as comfortable as possible, how can it be done? How do you make someone feel better when they can see you as a person that's full of life and energy meanwhile they are slowly dying? I would have to ask God to provide me with the strength to cope with the feelings of impotence of knowing that my loved one is slowly deteriorating right before my eyes and there's nothing I can do to stop that from happening. No matter how much medication you can prescribe to someone that's terminally ill and in pain would ever be enough take away the feeling of knowing that their life and soul is gradually departing. Although in the back of my mind I know I will have to face the death of those that I hold dear to my heart one day, I prefer not to think about those sad moments at this present time.