What people say right before their death carries indelible…

What people say right before their death carries indelible incredible weight.

— from The Landing (Death) · Hope, Not Fear by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

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And the covenant we stand inside was never made with us as solitary travelers; it binds us to those who flew before and those who will fly after — to eternity itself. That is why our last words to one another carry such indelible weight, and why I am choosing mine to you with care. Our rituals around the landing can look almost theatrical from the outside, but they do a serious and necessary work — they honor the one who has gone, they carry the grievers through, and they weave a finished life into the ongoing story of the family. — The Landing (Death)

Hear mine in that spirit. A father's words, after all, find a readier entrance to a child's ear and heart than any stranger's ever could — and what a person says at the very end of his life carries a weight that nothing else quite does. It is our shared responsibility — mine, yours, your children's — to see that the family's story carries on. — Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue)

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