Life is fast paced. And now, it seems, so is death. When I was young, I was aware that my grandfather drank. It was worse than that. He was alcoholic. I can remember my mother and her mother, Mama G., in tears on occasion because Daddy G. had, it seemed...
I received a message recently from a Facebook friend who asked this: “Cathy, you had a post awhile back regarding a young man, I think, with addiction problems that had died and how God sometimes calls people home, releasing them from their misery – does that...
There are three kinds of dead. Physically dead: no heartbeat, no brain activity. Returning to dust. Psychologically dead: no will to live, immobilized, depressed, incapacitated to one degree or another either physically or mentally, perhaps even vegetative. One can be...
Under the foggy haze of pain medication during my second child’s delivery a problem in delivery gave me the impression that I was dying….I was not alarmed. I thought to myself simply, “This is what it feels like to die……” and...
For all of us who have lost beloved pets, this is a treasure! As the author noted, “We don’t know who replied, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter department who understands.” “Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The...
