I think it is okay. Death is the end result for everyone. I don't want to lose my self and not remember my kids or grand kids when I see them like my grandma did, or be some burden. I agree with Mr Pratchett. I had a friend who lived with brain cancer for over 20 years until he had had enough. He felt he had deteriorated too far to live his life as he saw fit. He took his life, his family was relived he was out of pain. No matter how much they miss him, they do not miss, the pain he endured.
I agree with that, when my Grandpa died it was after he'd been very ill for a while and hadn't been able to look after himself (physically or mentally) after being fiercly independent all his life. It was sad for us when he died but not as sad as it had been for him to both suffer physically and to completely lose his indepedence.
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Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Terry Pratchett : A tribunal of mercy
- 02/02/2010 04:08:39 PM
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It's so sad! 
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- 02/02/2010 06:55:32 PM
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- 02/02/2010 06:55:32 PM
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It is in some ways, I like how he is dealing with it which I find really positive. *NM*
- 03/02/2010 04:28:35 PM
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I don't see it as sad.
- 02/02/2010 08:58:45 PM
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Re: I don't see it as sad.
- 03/02/2010 04:37:32 PM
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That is a really good reply *NM*