A Reminder to Family and Friends

This is what you should play upon my passing, which, with a slight uptick in luck, could be sooner than later.

And don't forget - cremation rather than burial.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

On Dying

Wonderful twitter account by journalist Scott Simon as he sits by his mother's side while she's dying. (I know. That doesn't sound like anything that would ever come from me. But there you have it.)

Here's just one tweet.  Not representative necessarily, but having spent some time sitting in ICU wondering if my little boy would make it, I totally relate:




And after her death:

My apologies if you decide to read this lovely account and feel you've been misled into thinking you won't get your tears jerked.