The thought of death used to make me pretty nervous. As I recovered from a serious illness I was not expected to recover from, I began to change my mind. I fear intractable pain a lot more!! I grew up with grandparents and great-grandparents. Now they, and my parents, and step-parents and a son, are all on the other side. Strange how the thought no longer makes me nervous. I believe time is perceived differently over there, so what may seem a long time to us may not seem so long to those who have gone before us. I also believe those loved ones are waiting for us with out-stretched arms we we arrive in their midst. I believe it will be a reunion of such joy we cannot even imagine it. Pat in Las Vegas

> The thought of death used to make me pretty nervous. As I recovered from > a serious illness I was not expected to recover from, I began to change > my mind. I fear intractable pain a lot more!! > > I grew up with grandparents and great-grandparents. Now they, and my > parents, and step-parents and a son, are all on the other side. Strange > how the thought no longer makes me nervous. I believe time is perceived > differently over there, so what may seem a long time to us may not seem > so long to those who have gone before us. I also believe those loved > ones are waiting for us with out-stretched arms we we arrive in their > midst. I believe it will be a reunion of such joy we cannot even imagine > it. > > Pat > in Las Vegas That's the way I see it too Pat. It comforts me to know I'll see my loved ones again. kath