Comments on: Closure, Endings, Death

By: rolo

rolo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:57:19 +0000

wow, this shit made me to think. Im just glad to be alive =)

By: (kristen)

(kristen) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:43:56 +0000

thanx muchly, el chavo.
sorry about your friend.
sorry to hear that last pic, up the street from me, is a new memorial and not *just* the pre-existing one near/at that location.
appreciate the reminder to appreciate.
be well.

By: cindylu

cindylu — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:17:16 +0000

After reading this, I didn’t really contemplate life or death or anything. I just dl’ed some Ramón Ayala songs. I loved his music as a kid and came back to it later.

By: bonnie

bonnie — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:47:06 +0000

Your post was lovely. You should check out my friend Azad’s monthly post, “Life Goes On In Tehran” at http://www.lgoit.com. You guys are on a similar plane right now.

By: Roberta

Roberta — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:35:04 +0000

Thank you for the beautiful post. This year has been quite exhausting and tumultuous for our family. We are also looking forward to the beginning of Chinese New Year as MTK mentions “…the year of new beginnings…”

By: Lady

Lady — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:47:19 +0000

What an intriguing and thoughtful post. From experience I can say that I accept age related death. Life, as we know it, has a beginning and an end. If you can accept birth, you must accept death.

Again, from personal experience, I can say that it is very difficult to accept premature death, when someone is in the prime of their life and is intended to be part of one’s own future. Heartache.

By: MTK

MTK — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:24:25 +0000

This past month I’ve been thinking about death a lot. Two of my friends lost their wives, both at rather young ages (39 and 44). My sister lost a friend, also 44. My mother’s cousin died. My pet fish died. My neighbor put his cat to sleep. Heath Ledger’s death was one of those show biz shockers that come around every few years or so. It has, indeed, been a time of dying and mourning.

A friend of mine in Spain said that she is pretending that 2008 will actually start with the upcoming Chinese New Year, as she’s felt the grimness of this particular January as well. I looked up the Year of the Rat – which starts on February 7 – and noted that, according to Chinese astrology, it’s the year of new beginnings, the first year of the 12-year cycle. The Year of the Pig, which is just now wrapping up, is subsequently a time for endings. Whether you believe any of that or not, it’s food for thought.

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:55:20 +0000

El C, yesterday (the day of your post) I spent all morning in grief counseling at work because three of my coworkers have died since September and another is terminally ill. Then I saw your post last night and it was strangely comforting. It made me feel like in some wierd way the universe is in synch. Thank you for that.

By: julia

julia — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:23:04 +0000

Beautiful, El Chavo, thank you.

By: Libby

Libby — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:07:00 +0000

truly a powerful post that will color the rest of week. or life