Here’s an item from yesterday that made my day. 92-year old Dorothy Ellis, late of Iola, Kansas, got her dying wish fulfilled — and the rest of us are the better for it.For me, it was a particularly welcome respite from the unremitting reality that old folks don’t always have it so good.
Fortunately for Dorothy, though, her family’s a gem, especially her granddaughter Holly who with Dorothy’s hospice nurse, made sure she got her final wish. After seeing a man flying over her house in a motorized parachute, Dorothy told her family she wanted to do the same: to fly over her southeastern Kansas ranch home in the same airborne contraption. Six weeks before her death, Dorothy’s last wish was granted.
A poet once admonished, “Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying.” Good advice.
And from Dorothy Ellis, it was ‘over the rainbow’ inspiration personified.
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Photo Credits: “Not in Kansas Anymore,” by garlandcannon, at Flickr via Creative Commons-licensed content requiring attribution.
Best thing you ever posted! Didn’t know “good news” existed as category on HuffPost; good to know. Loved it, many thanks. Have shared. (Keep the free CLE stuff coming, wherever it may be hiding!)
Thanks Christina! Dorothy Ellis was indeed memorable.
After well over 500 posts, though, I hope I’ve had a few others — but what do I know?
As for more FREE CLE, no worries. I just got a tip from a Wisconsin lawyer friend and need to chase down her lead on what sounded like a terrific free program. Stay tuned!
Appreciate your comments and continued readership.
-Mo