Fire clean up

My 84 year-old neighbor suffered burns during an apartment fire last month. Given her age, even if she recovers, she will not be returning home.

Cleanup of her place has begun -- moving her belongings, taking away the plants, and replacing the broken windows. It is not what anyone had hoped for her twilight years, and it is painful to witness her life moving on without her through things she cannot control.

I have never come face-to-face with end-of-life care. Having spent the 25 of the past 28 years living overseas in some way, shape, or form, it simply hasn't been a part of my life.

It's really sad.