Death after living unhappily in a nursing home

The meditation text is John 14:2: "In my Father's house are many rooms . . . "

Everyone of us lives in a home filled with rooms: bedrooms, living rooms, parlors, kitchens, whatever. We've come to appreciate special rooms and places as events pass and memories are formed.One of the hardest places for us to visit is the hospital room, or the nursing home room. It's as though something isn't just right, and, of course, it isn't. We're glad to have that space when we need it, for out of that space comes healing and care, strength, even love. Yet, none of us really likes that kind of place or room. We have other places with happier memories.Even if we've experienced great joy in a hospital delivery room, hearing the first breath of life from our own …