I recently lost my mom. She was old (88) and had been battling a problem with her esophagus closing up. When she was admitted to the hospital, she realized it was her time…that there was no real healing from a variety of things going on with her. She ended up at my brother’s home with hospice coming in and she was surrounded by friends and family. She ended up going fairly quickly and painlessly. She lived at the end of her life as she did during her life…with strength and grace, taking life (and death) on her terms.
I have a hard time getting really upset by the whole thing. Yes, I miss her, but I also know that death is waiting for us all. And she went well. And I got 60 good year with her.
So the question becomes, how do you deal with death? Does it matter how a person dies? Or is it just as bad no matter how they die? Do we fear death because of an unknown or an ending? What are your thoughts on death?