Monday, Mar. 03, 2008 - 5:31 p.m.

I was watching a movie yesterday and the character in the movie said he was leaving. He had bought a lifetime of shoes and now was on his last pair. He mentioned how a writer who was considered a genius did not use euphemisms but instead just said his character died. It made me stop and think of all the euphemisms we use when talking about death. I wondered why it is so difficult for us as human beings to simply say someone died. Is it because to us saying someone died sounds so final.

I'm not going to kick the bucket, croak, or even sleep eternal sleep. I'm simply going to die. When I leave my shell of a body I hope people will say she died and then celebrate the life that I had. A life of magic, wonder, laughter, and yes even pain and tears. But it is those pain and tears which has helped to make my life so wonderful, so rich.

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