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candles such as what Entycing Femme and so many of you post but instead I simply ask this of you...

My dear Aunt (75) died unexpectantly today. She and my uncle had been married 55+ years. She had had issues with a buildup of CO2 in her lungs, however, last night when my mother and I visited her she had shown significant improvement. She was alert, talkative and animated. For some reason as I left her last night I decided to thank her for seeing me through some of the darkest hours in my life. This morning her 02 sats dropped and she became unconscious. She was on life support until we reached the hospital. Since she had given her family the sweetest gift of completing a living will, my uncle and her two grown children disconnected her from all life support at 4:30 PM. She died in about 5 minutes. She was peaceful and painfree. Tonight my uncle is struggling with doing this although he knows this is what she wanted.
After all those years as soulmates I find his courage and love to be beyond comprehension.
Please remember him as he searches for peace as he moves through the days ahead.

Traveling mercies, Aunt Helen.