The Death Diaries Chapter 3

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The Death Diaries Chapter 3

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So how would I like to die?

Peaceably in my sleep like my grandfather – not screaming and terrified like his passengers.

Well yes. I would prefer to die peaceably in my sleep without any long drawn out illness. I do not relish pain or the fear that comes from having to confront the end of everything. I’ve watched people going through the process of dying. It is not pleasant but perhaps it is worse for the spectators?

Heart failure is the best – at around three in the morning just after completing a pleasant set of dreams. The heart stops and the oxygen supply dries up – the brain shuts down. The various other tissues and organs follow suit in order of their oxygen requirements. I think the skin is the last to go – days later. That’s why you have to shave corpses.

 

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8 thoughts on “The Death Diaries Chapter 3”

  1. Hey Opher – I’ve had two family members who’ve passed from this life during sleep. Both had long-term illnesses that caused pain and discomfort. One of those family members, my grandmother, knew she’d soon die and in her own sweet, gentle way shared knowledge of her death (that occurred two months later) with me. We were very close and I was still a young child. My last visit to see her coincided with my birthday when she gifted me a beautiful book of wild flowers, which I still have. (It was an heirloom passed on by her mother.) Late on the afternoon of my birthday visit, I recall a curious conversation we shared together whilst alone in the house when she said she always knew when someone close to her had died because irrespective of where she was, she smelled the fresh, delicate scent of wild flowers. Perhaps too young to really understand what she was telling me at that time, the relevancy of her message was reinforced when two weeks before she died (nearly 6 months later) I received a small notelet from her wishing me a wonderful Easter holiday from school. The picture on the front of the note was of a bunch of Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica)

    True story.

    DN

      1. Thank you Opher. She was a wonderful person, kind, compassionate, and generously loving whom I loved dearly and think of often. Please by all means use the anecdote in the book.

        (Reading it back, I’ve made a slight error in the timeline (firstly) suggesting it was two months before she passed. Sorry, it was indeed six months.)

        How’s the writing going? Had a good day?

        DN

      2. Off to my writing group today with a whimsical little Sci-fi story. It’s not brilliant but it was fun. Woke up today with a poem in my head – which I will now publish.
        Will do some editing this afternoon then off to daughter’s for dinner!
        We’ll see how it all goes! I’ll put up my story and poem in a minute!

      3. Sounds like you’ll have a most enjoyable, productive and rewarding day 😀

        No doubt I’ll catch up with your blog later: I’ve a busy day to get through first.

        Cheers,

        DN

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