Comments on: Death and Dying http://nslog.com/2006/06/23/death_and_dying The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Daniel http://nslog.com/2006/06/23/death_and_dying#comment-18924 Daniel Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:51:51 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/06/23/death_and_dying/#comment-18924 My great uncle (maternal grandfather's brother) died earlier this year, and I observed the same thing. They are a great family, and I wish we were closer to them. On the positive side, I just got back from a family reunion of my father's side, and we all had a blast. It's nice to see that side of the family starting to take more interest in family. Most of us live within 200 miles of each other, yet we rarely get together; hopefully this was the start of a new trend. My great uncle (maternal grandfather's brother) died earlier this year, and I observed the same thing. They are a great family, and I wish we were closer to them.

On the positive side, I just got back from a family reunion of my father's side, and we all had a blast. It's nice to see that side of the family starting to take more interest in family. Most of us live within 200 miles of each other, yet we rarely get together; hopefully this was the start of a new trend.

]]> By: Dave http://nslog.com/2006/06/23/death_and_dying#comment-18923 Dave Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:23:36 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/06/23/death_and_dying/#comment-18923 I just posted on your Q&A. Probably should read these things in chronological order! Anyways: "What a sad feeling that must be." Actually no. Not at all. In fact, you said half of it yourself: "...family matters..." The other half is belief that - something - if greater than all this. Please Erik, I'm certainly no Jesus freak. Not at all. I'm just saying that if you really do appreciate - emphasis on appreciate - this existance, than maybe you could be open to hope. Hope that something beyond this world is real in ways we simply cannot fathom. It's that openness that - dammit, I feel a pun coming on - opened my mind to some things that I simply know are not coincidence, yet I cannot explain either. I just posted on your Q&A. Probably should read these things in chronological order! Anyways:

"What a sad feeling that must be."

Actually no. Not at all. In fact, you said half of it yourself:

"...family matters..."

The other half is belief that - something - if greater than all this.

Please Erik, I'm certainly no Jesus freak. Not at all. I'm just saying that if you really do appreciate - emphasis on appreciate - this existance, than maybe you could be open to hope. Hope that something beyond this world is real in ways we simply cannot fathom.

It's that openness that - dammit, I feel a pun coming on - opened my mind to some things that I simply know are not coincidence, yet I cannot explain either.

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