kids (and adults) worrying about death and dying - not deadly -

[Guest guest]

Many years ago, the American writer of Armenian heritage,

Saroyan, was interviewed in Fresno, California on the subject of his

age, somewhere in his mid-nineties, I think--regarding his age and

possible closeness to death. He was a very cheery type and said,

grinning from ear to ear, to the interviewer, " Oh, I guess that I have al

ways assumed that in my case, perhaps an exception might be made. "

He lived several more years and died peacefully in his sleep, so far as

I know. I think that most of us cope with the invevitable, by sort of just

assuming that " we, " as individuals, will not really experience death--that

it will happen, but that we will be relieved of suffering. My mother felt

that way--and managed to survive to 101.5 years--must be something

to be said for denia!

n Rojas

[Guest guest]

That's a neat story n and I hope that you will take after your

Mother and live to be over a hundred yourself Christy

-- In cfparents@y..., Mcesana@a... wrote:

> Many years ago, the American writer of Armenian heritage,

> Saroyan, was interviewed in Fresno, California on the subject of his

> age, somewhere in his mid-nineties, I think--regarding his age and

> possible closeness to death. He was a very cheery type and said,

> grinning from ear to ear, to the interviewer, " Oh, I guess that I

have al

> ways assumed that in my case, perhaps an exception might be made. "

> He lived several more years and died peacefully in his sleep, so

far as

> I know. I think that most of us cope with the invevitable, by sort

of just

> assuming that " we, " as individuals, will not really experience

death--that

> it will happen, but that we will be relieved of suffering. My

mother felt

> that way--and managed to survive to 101.5 years--must be something

> to be said for denia!

> n Rojas

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's a neat story n and I hope that you will take after your

Mother and live to be over a hundred yourself Christy

-- In cfparents@y..., Mcesana@a... wrote:

> Many years ago, the American writer of Armenian heritage,

> Saroyan, was interviewed in Fresno, California on the subject of his

> age, somewhere in his mid-nineties, I think--regarding his age and

> possible closeness to death. He was a very cheery type and said,

> grinning from ear to ear, to the interviewer, " Oh, I guess that I

have al

> ways assumed that in my case, perhaps an exception might be made. "

> He lived several more years and died peacefully in his sleep, so

far as

> I know. I think that most of us cope with the invevitable, by sort

of just

> assuming that " we, " as individuals, will not really experience

death--that

> it will happen, but that we will be relieved of suffering. My

mother felt

> that way--and managed to survive to 101.5 years--must be something

> to be said for denia!

> n Rojas

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's a neat story n and I hope that you will take after your

Mother and live to be over a hundred yourself Christy

-- In cfparents@y..., Mcesana@a... wrote:

> Many years ago, the American writer of Armenian heritage,

> Saroyan, was interviewed in Fresno, California on the subject of his

> age, somewhere in his mid-nineties, I think--regarding his age and

> possible closeness to death. He was a very cheery type and said,

> grinning from ear to ear, to the interviewer, " Oh, I guess that I

have al

> ways assumed that in my case, perhaps an exception might be made. "

> He lived several more years and died peacefully in his sleep, so

far as

> I know. I think that most of us cope with the invevitable, by sort

of just

> assuming that " we, " as individuals, will not really experience

death--that

> it will happen, but that we will be relieved of suffering. My

mother felt

> that way--and managed to survive to 101.5 years--must be something

> to be said for denia!

> n Rojas

>

>

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