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My Comments (49 so far…)
Ted Kennedy Is a Lovely Human Being; I Am Praying for Him
Ted Kennedy Is a Lovely Human Being; I Am Praying for Him
He Wasn't 'Just' Ted Kennedy: A Remembrance by Joan Juliet Buck
Liz Smith: Remembering Two Great Lions
How many nights each week do you currently cook at home?
Liz Smith Remembers Eunice Kennedy Shriver
AARP's Health-Care Stance Stirs Controversy Among Members; Obama to Set Record Straight at NH Town Hall Meeting
How to Die Well in America: A Conversation With Jane Brody
Of course losing a loved one is difficult reguardless of age, my father died at age 64 in 1966 of a massive heartattack, my mother died at the age of 99 in 2004. I think of both of them daily. What I don’t understand is why someone who is 70 some and up clings to life no matter how much pain, physical and emotional, wants to go on and will insist on medical procedures to go on and on living. I do believe the medical people already without discussing it with everyone in the family, help the suffering person die, not by killing them but just letting nature take its course, so why are people so horribly upset by what they think the national health plan is going to let people die???????
My mom had a wonderful life, children, grandchildren who loved her and spent a lot of time with her thru the years, very good health and a wonderful mind till the last 2 weeks of her life, yet she was ready to die years before she finally did.
I have a living will, my children absoutely know how i feel about dying and are ok with it. I am 73 and in relatively good health, diabetic but totally under control. I am ready anytime now, 3 children, 9 grandchildren, and I know they will miss me, but……… I miss my parents, grandmothers, etc., and I know everyone will get on with their lives after my hubby and I are gone, I do not understand why people have such a hard time discussing dying with family members, is it guilt because some really wish that the care of the parent is not close at hand for them? Afraid that the parents will be angry because they don’t want to die, I wish I had the answer for people who fear death, but I don’t and we all need to learn to live with our own mortality.
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Lights Out for 'Guiding Light'
Lights Out for 'Guiding Light'
Lights Out for 'Guiding Light'
Meghan McCain Bites Back at Laura Ingraham
Timothy Geithner's Psychic Profile, by Peggy Rometo