Rambling Thoughts on Death and Life
Originally published at Highmoon's Ponderings. Please leave any comments there.
Cancer and death are two topics that have been on my mind prominently recently. Starting last week with the weekly episode of Grey’s Anatomy, which brought to mind both my deceased parents, continuing to a realization-and vocalization (to my wife in person, and on my blog on Mother’s Day for a short period of time before I deleted for the time being)-of the true theme of my game in progress, to Mother’s Day and lastly to the events of last night and today for someone whom I only know via online circles, but whose story I’ve been following for a year or so. To say that my thoughts have been on the heavy side would be a gross understatement.
This is going to get long and a bit emotional, in case you don’t feel like reading any further…
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