You just described my old man. He lived across the country so we had an arrangement to talk every Sunday. When he didn't answer by Monday I called the police. He'd been dead for days by that point.
One of the kindest things he ever did for me was prepare a will and organize his own funeral. Everything was taken care of by the time I got to his house.
Unfortunately, he had been so ill in his last days that his house was in the condition you've mentioned before - shit in plastic bags, food out, unopened mail, vomit and flies everywhere. And of course the body excretes stuff. Damn.
But please know, the way people die isn't necessarily how they live. He was a clean, intelligent, vibrant soul.
Thank you for what you do. I'm going to see what kind of services my town has for people who are alone in death. Maybe I can help too.
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You just described my old man. He lived across the country so we had an arrangement to talk every Sunday. When he didn't answer by Monday I called the police. He'd been dead for days by that point.
One of the kindest things he ever did for me was prepare a will and organize his own funeral. Everything was taken care of by the time I got to his house.
Unfortunately, he had been so ill in his last days that his house was in the condition you've mentioned before - shit in plastic bags, food out, unopened mail, vomit and flies everywhere. And of course the body excretes stuff. Damn.
But please know, the way people die isn't necessarily how they live. He was a clean, intelligent, vibrant soul.
Thank you for what you do. I'm going to see what kind of services my town has for people who are alone in death. Maybe I can help too.
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