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Joan's avatar

I’ve watched several people take their last breaths. It actually was quite peaceful every time. It was like they knew what was happening and were just going with it. In the hospital, a nurse came into the room and told us our mother was “transitioning,” she had been unconscious for several hours and we sat in the room and watched her breathe, until the breathing became more and more difficult and then one big final breath and it was over. I really don’t think much about death. What’s the point really?

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rohn bayes's avatar

thanks for the report joan / maybe there is no point in thinking about it but i do and we are

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Janice's avatar

I enjoy and am inspired by reading accounts of those who have almost died and come back to gush about the amazingness. Loved the story of Steve Jobs saying 'wow, wow, wow' just as he left. I think we are going to continue to be exquisitely cared for.

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Stuart J Mazzoli's avatar

the older i get the less afraid i become of passing on..in theory......whatever happens how could it be any worse than worrying about the disintegration of this body...i guess...so grow tomatoes..improve the soil...take advantage of the times while you can still manage to write a sentence...anything is better than dying right?...dying... what a concept...natural processes are brutal....

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rohn bayes's avatar

'whatever happens how could it be any worse than worrying about it' brilliant

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Stuart J Mazzoli's avatar

i don't know what's coming rohn..but it's coming...there must be a mechanism that overrides fear..how can people fight wars or jump into burning buildings to save peoples lives...there has to be a higher power that allows for heroic behavior

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Stuart J Mazzoli's avatar

idiots can use it to kill cops and storm government buildings....blow up buildings with babies inside...it's all very precise tho...no matter what to motivation...

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