At age 42, Melanie is training to be an end of life counselor. Certainly not for the faint of heart and she explained her motivation over a coffee this morning at the marche.
It is Sylvie who recognized her as she ordered. Melanie had facilitated a course she had taken before retiring and suddenly we were deep in conversation inviting her to join the three already at our table.
People like Melanie fascinate me. Serious, intelligent and measured in her speech, she explains how as a child her views on death were already being formed. Her mother was desperately afraid of it and told Melanie to unplug her should she ever become a vegetable.
This must have triggered something in Melanie to pursue helping people adapt to something which is inevitable for all of us.
If we are curious and open, there is no shortage of interesting people in the world.
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