Embracing death....

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Last Friday, my grandmother died at the age of 97. She caught pneumonia and stayed in the hospital for a week. She just died in her sleep peacefully. No struggles, no pain...I guess lucky her. Two weeks before she was admitted at the hospital, her sister came to visit. She is already 83 years old. Unfortunately, she has breast cancer and she had been complaining of pain. While she was here with us, sometimes we hear her shouting and praying that hopefully she would die soon to stop the pain. She said she is ready anytime. While we were in the wake of my grandmother, on the opposite room is the wake of a woman who died in breast cancer too. It had been a painful one because she is just 44 years old and has 2 young children. She had been suffering for 2 years with her breast ca. On the other room, is a wake of a child. Another painful death as the child died in an accident when her bike was hit by a 10-wheeler truck. For this week alone I had been exposed to several ways of dying, I don't have to enumerate all the others. It made me realize how short the life is. For my grandmother, she had a long life and lived fully. For the others it had been very short and I guess not enough yet. There are some who just want to take a rest because of the pain that they have been feeling. How can we be ready for this unpredictable but definite thing in our life? I have 2 young children too and how I wish I could still live enough to see them grow, have a family and maybe see my grandchildren someday. I wish to live my life fully too.