Comments on: Time and time

By: bette

bette — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:05:42 +0000

Whoops, wrong place! Never mind – relevant in it’s own way here too : )

By: bette

bette — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:04:47 +0000

I believe that the use of ‘pain killing’ drugs to ease the end happens as a regular event .

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:33:29 +0000

Maybe that sense of being ‘grown up’ is part of realizing that one’s youth has gone. I’m not sure. I’m 50 this year; of course, in my head I’m still in my twenties.

By: bette

bette — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:20:16 +0000

My father died when I was 16, I think it was more to do with realising that I was the ‘grown up’ (bizarre with three children and – at that time 2 grandchildren).

By: Ian Poulton

Ian Poulton — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:44:36 +0000

A friend told me once that one’s parents are a line of defence against death. I only buried my Nan three years ago, so cannot pretend to understand what he was saying – maybe there is a sense of being more exposed to mortality?

By: bette

bette — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:54:30 +0000

A friend was recently 39, she said she was having a mid-life moment (babies growing up etc). I replied that I didn’t have my so called ‘mid life crisis’ until I was 45 (and it is ongoing – although I didn’t tell her that!). Later when I was reflecting on the conversation, I realised I was 45 shortly after my Mother died ( a few days). it feels like a long time…