Showing posts with label dying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dying. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

have some decorum - let me introduce you to Ellie

Have you met Ellie?
 
 

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas wrote these words and I cannot help but think of anyone for whom they are more relevant than the wonderful Ellie, who I have come to know through her blog which she calls “have some decorum”.
I thought I would have had plenty of time once I got back into blogging to introduce you all to Ellie, but not so.
Ellie is coming to the end of her fight with ALS and sadly will not be on this earth for very much longer.
So I urge you please go visit Ellie’s blog and get to know her whilst there’s still time.
Ignore the angry language.
She is angry, she has every right to be angry and those who are proud to call her friend are angry too.
Look back through the posts that she has written over the years and you’ll meet the real Ellie, if some of the things she's said don’t make you laugh out loud (or worse) I’ll be very surprised.