Category: Death
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What death may mean
Oftentimes during life or at the end of life, there is a need to believe. The alternative — the void, the emptiness — become too much. Too many loved ones have died. The shotgun awaits. You resist it. You cry out for help.
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An Amendment to the Laws of Death
It is too early to sleep and I can’t concentrate to read, so I think about the structure of my Amendment to the Laws of Death.
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Where are you?
My plan for these years was to grow old with my wife. When she went before me, it hit me sideways because being quite a bit older I expected to “go first.”
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The perfect birthday gift
I was saddened when I read that you died. I found Bill’s blog on the internet and read through many of the posts he wrote about your life together, how depressed he was after losing you.
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Weather Report from the Other Side
When I’m in a cold, lonely place, and feeling down, like tonight in 9 degrees Upstate New York, I think of my wife who is in a far colder and lonelier place.
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‘Imagine there’s no heaven’
Why are you in this group, man? This group is for bereaved people who have lost loved ones and will never see them again. You’re like a guy who just put his wife on a plane knowing you will join her later in a wonderful vacation spot.
Mary Saves the Day 