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08-01-2017 06:37 AM
How very true, really does bother me so very much.
08-01-2017 07:47 AM
I haven't reached the tipping point quite yet (the more part), but certainly way too many who have passed that I miss terribly.
I understood death and how fleeting life could be from the time I can remember. My dad was dying my whole life, and passed when I was 18. It had a profound impact on me in regards to how short life can be, how we need to find little joys in each and every day, and that if a relationship is important to you (or you want it to be), you need to tend to it. No time for anger, grudges, jealousies etc.
It does hit me more, the older I get, how I can't go back. I can't go back and say I'm sorry. I can't go back and just visit one more time. I can't go back and ask questions, seek advice, share in their wisdom, feel the comfort of their presence.
Some days it overwhelms me for a few minutes, and I have to shed a tear or two, then move on and get my mind elsewhere in the here and now.
I think this only gets more profound for people as they age. My mom who is 81 spends a lot of time talking about how many people are gone, that she (knew from work or were alive when she married into my dad's family or that were in the family that raised her, etc.)
08-01-2017 08:00 AM
I'm not there yet but at 70, I have been to a couple of funerals of people my age. It's unnerving. However, my 95 year old mother is the last of her friends who is still alive. It has been a source of loneliness and depression. I feel so bad for her. In 1981, she and my father moved to an over-55 condo community. They had many friends and an active social life. Over the years all those people have died. Mom still lives in her condo, with an aide who's a wonderful woman, but I know my mother misses the life she had.
08-01-2017 08:08 AM
People seem to remember those that have passed in a fonder sense. Someone you may have not liked while they were living, years pass and all of a sudden your memory of them is flattering. Just my observation.
08-01-2017 08:19 AM - edited 08-01-2017 08:20 AM
Yes. Every time I lose someone, I feel blessed that I am still here, alive and well.
08-01-2017 08:20 AM - edited 08-01-2017 08:26 AM
Not only do I feel this way about the people I love, and have loved, but at my age, I'll probably be next on the "loved" list, of someone I know.
08-01-2017 08:32 AM
In the past month we have met up with two groups of people from our old home town. Both conversations dwelled on those who have died and those who have some debilitating disease or condition. Depressing. I'd like to speak up, but then it sounds like I don't care about these old friends.
08-01-2017 08:54 AM
I am much more consious of death and ages people pass away now that I am 62. I have to be very grateful for the fact that other than arthritis and joint issues... my health is very good. I see in the obituaries that many people are passing between 60 and 70.... it does give me time to ponder my life and every day I experience just a bit more....
08-01-2017 08:54 AM
I try not to think about it because it terrifies me. Most of the people I love & always will love ❤️ are gone.My parents my grandmother, my aunt, even my best friend. With the exception of grandma they all died to soon.My best friend died suddenly at 52!!
I'm fortunate to have a wonderful husband & son. I constantly worry about something happening to them. I know it's not healthy.I do my best to push those thoughts out of my mind.My DH feels the same way.
Life can be exhilarating & wonderful.It can also be unfair & depressing!! Death is a part of life.Eventually, in one way or another it catches up with all of us!!
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