
I work in healthcare. I once had a patient on my floor who was brain dead. They were waiting to do the official scans to confirm brain death until the next day though, because it was the patient’s daughters birthday and the family didn’t want her mom to “officially” be declared dead on her birthday. I think about it constantly, once of the saddest things I’ve seen
It’s obviously not quite the same, but my dad died and the last time I saw him was on Father’s Day. He died in the early morning hours two days later later. So now Father’s Day is just the anniversary of the last time I saw my dad and a cruel reminder that I didn’t make the time to see him in his last day alive, even though I lived in the same house as him. At least it’s not my birthday though😞
My bestfriend passed right around a major holiday in high school. It was horrible and hurts every year. But my old friends and I still always get together for that anniversary and I’d like to believe it was her way of making sure we’d do that every time we were back home for the holidays. Her last act was making sure the friend group always reunited ❤️