Tabitha Garifi

Lessons in passing

Fourteen years ago in July, I lived through one of my hardest days. I sat beside my grandfather and watched as he took his last breath. I witnessed his last minutes Earthside. I had been to funerals before. I understood death. But, I hadn’t lived it. I had never been that close to a person’s last moments. To say that the experience was difficult would be an understatement.