tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post3023695080625230464..comments2023-08-07T06:03:05.434-05:00Comments on chronicles of blunderview: Dead, Dead, very very Deadjoycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-21292948325235639052007-06-05T06:42:00.000-05:002007-06-05T06:42:00.000-05:00I have a brother-in-law who is dying...yet the wor...I have a brother-in-law who is dying...yet the word sounds so harsh, so final....saying M is sick, ill, seems so much kinder...yet he is none of those things....M is dying...that's the reality....LindalewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-33960030184131566082007-06-04T21:05:00.000-05:002007-06-04T21:05:00.000-05:00sorry to hear about this..thinking of you...sorry to hear about this..<BR/>thinking of you...Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08819733165022298523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-80230949095063177002007-06-04T19:36:00.000-05:002007-06-04T19:36:00.000-05:00i am sorry joyce.i am sorry joyce.sveahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689739555438709159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-873415139969623852007-06-04T16:49:00.000-05:002007-06-04T16:49:00.000-05:00It has always amazed me how life and deatn seem se...It has always amazed me how life and deatn seem sepsrated by a mere hairwidth. <BR/><BR/>"crushing chests aching with life"...I don't think Steinbeck (not to be confused with Steinbach) could have written it better.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569217373377343779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-64176593727189729462007-06-04T08:15:00.000-05:002007-06-04T08:15:00.000-05:00that is hard. very hard. and watching and wonderi...that is hard. very hard. and watching and wondering how or how not to help.Roohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014829847475377261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-86212404289735832212007-06-03T20:05:00.000-05:002007-06-03T20:05:00.000-05:00Its not that I was close to my cousin or her husba...Its not that I was close to my cousin or her husband. Its more that death has become very popular lately and I recognize more than ever that its part of living human. The crappy part is the people who feel like they've lost about half of their own bodies, but somehow have to learn to walk and live again.joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269164806627544548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-4528784333172776982007-06-03T14:09:00.000-05:002007-06-03T14:09:00.000-05:00I'm very sorry to hear about your cousin's husband...I'm very sorry to hear about your cousin's husband, your family is having a tough time.<BR/>And I couldn't agree with you more about the terminology. Death seems to be the last dirty word. Do we use the prettier versions out of fear? Politeness?<BR/>It even extends to animals. We have our sick pets "put to sleep".<BR/>And I always have to stop an inappropriate smile threatening to escape when I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-21799580561100673322007-06-03T07:52:00.000-05:002007-06-03T07:52:00.000-05:00So much of what you write is so raw and honest...t...So much of what you write is so raw and honest...this is what I like about visiting here...real life in motion...and it doesn't stop to allow us to 'get a grip' we do, as you so descriptively put, 'go on, breathing in and out, our crushing chests aching with life.'There is much we don't understand, that is why it is called faith. I'm praying for you, for strength to find some measure of comfort Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20035630.post-78512358065866901402007-06-03T04:20:00.000-05:002007-06-03T04:20:00.000-05:00i prefer the term too. i think a lot of these oth...i prefer the term too. i think a lot of these other terms minimize the finality of our time on earth and that they encourage denial. but that's just my opinion.Valerie Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191635464723235784noreply@blogger.com