I think so too, thank you for that my friends.

I think her strong buddhist beliefs would imply she also knew this was the circle, and would find peace in that in life and death. My sister told me the monks were there last night at the hospital. They in their sect believe the spirit remains for a while in the body and that is the time to be with them and support passing them on. At 6 am this morning at the temple they began the 3 day ( lack of better word at the moment) ceremony. Her body will be cremated after that and taken back to Vietnam to be with her family. I wish I could be at the temple for this, but distance is impossible. I'll be there in mind.

Her mentoring need not end, she can be a mentor through death too. DH thanks for sharing that, I agree, our loved ones would not want us to be in pain, or to be the source of it.

Science is kind of magical, I mean ya it is, evolution, quantum worlds we walk in or not in, atoms even.. we are always so mystified by death, but the mystery of living is also so jaw dropping weird.. crazy, magic. Maybe science and magic are one in the same. I agree tho we are more connected than we believe or experience, we kind of set it up that way.