Comments on: KIMBERLY PAUL TALKS ABOUT THE ELEPHANT https://www.marshmallowranch.com/kimberly-paul-talks-elephant/ She traded her tiara for wings and a pickup Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/kimberly-paul-talks-elephant/#comment-102 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 14:41:07 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=404#comment-102 In reply to Jane B.

I love this, Jane! Thank you so much for sharing your joie de vivre! May you really LIVE the remaining days of your lives! ❤️

]]> By: Jane B https://www.marshmallowranch.com/kimberly-paul-talks-elephant/#comment-100 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 13:40:55 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=404#comment-100 This is a great post. I’ve written before about the loss of my son and then my best friend within an 8 month period. Not sure if I’ve also mentioned that 8 months after that my significant other was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer. that was 6-1/2 yrs ago and he is still here, still playing tennis, still laughing, etc. We’ve been together 22 years, might as well call him “husband” – at this age, I have a hard time saying “boyfriend”. 😉
Anyway, we talk about death; we plan for death; we live with it day in and day out. He’s had 3 failed mainstream med treatments; for the past 3 to 4 years it’s been essential oils, nutritional supplements and healthy raw food choices. I’m saying all this because with that diagnosis years back, we knew we had to face the disease – and its consequences – head on. Wills are done, advanced directives are done, “pay on death” bank accounts are done, joint survivorship on the house is done and the list goes on. All of the “practical” and financial plans for death are in place. The emotional, heartfelt discussions continue, not daily, but when we feel the need to express it.
I urge everyone, whether 21, 40, 50 or beyond – “get your house in order” as they say. Death is a part of life, and I so deeply agree with everything you’ve said in this post. Talk, plan, act and then hold hands, watch movies together, play tennis or golf or whatever your hobbies are together and live, live, live, love, love, love. As my guy says – live every single day as if it’s your last because none of us know when that day will come.

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