I Have Decided to Live Forever or Die in the Attempt

I am waiting for death. My mother-in-law is dying. Some families grow closer and others bloody their claws. Fair or foul, what is it about death that liberates emotions? I watch from the sidelines as old slights are resurrected. Accusations, recriminations and complaints hurl across the internet. King of the Mountain is played over her dying body.

My own experience with a dying parent was vastly different. I had to find out why. Google an answer in 0.31 seconds. In ‘Families Learn To Say Goodbye to The Dying’, Madison Park highlights a person’s personality doesn’t change in the final days because of terminal illness. After learning that death is nearing, some people avoid talking about the inevitable. While most people want to say goodbye, tie up loose ends, my mother-in-law has been silent. My husband states she is stubborn and selfish. We die as we live.