OT LIfe's a bitch

"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Wolfgang



Strange, what happens. I have seen quite a few people die, and that is
by
no means normal nowadays.

i am 62 years old. my father died at 30, in a barroom fight. my mother
died suddenly, simply falling to the ground, while walking beside my eldest
son. i have never seen anyone die, and i never wish to do so.

i wish we could all live forever. but that won't happen, will it. i
think my most earnest hope for the future is that i will die gracefully.

i think that to write this here is a mistake. but i believe that there
are some of us who need to know that a graceful death will be appreciated by
those who are still alive. it may give us strength.

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
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i am 62 years old. my father died at 30, in a barroom fight. my
mother
died suddenly, simply falling to the ground, while walking beside my
eldest
son. i have never seen anyone die, and i never wish to do so.

i wish we could all live forever. but that won't happen, will it. i
think my most earnest hope for the future is that i will die gracefully.


i think that to write this here is a mistake.

If ever ROFF wanted a motto.......

but i believe that there
are some of us who need to know that a graceful death will be appreciated
by
those who are still alive. it may give us strength.

No mistakes noted.

Wolfgang
odd, isn't it, that the one thing nobody really wants to talk about brings
out so much simple eloquence in so many?

"Wayne Harrison" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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SNIP
i think that to write this here is a mistake. but i believe that
there
are some of us who need to know that a graceful death will be appreciated
by
those who are still alive. it may give us strength.


You are probably right, but a graceful life would be nice too.

TL
MC

"Wayne Harrison" wrote
i am 62 years old. my father died at 30, in a barroom fight. my
mother
died suddenly, simply falling to the ground, while walking beside my
eldest
son. i have never seen anyone die, and i never wish to do so.

I'm 51 and I've watched dozens of people die, many in traffic accidents
and many at the hands of others. I was afraid I'd grown so callous to it
that I wouldn't feel much when I lost a loved one, but it wasn't so. I don't
know if any son has felt deeper grief than I did when mom lost her battle
with cancer last summer. Two weeks after her funeral I had to handle an
unattended death (no physician, so a quickie investigation to rule out foul
play) where the whole family scenario was eerily like my own family's
(decedent was the same age and general background as mom, same number of
kids, etc). It was the toughest death of a "stranger" I've ever had to deal
with.