Jacqueline, you probably will notice that not many people will read your post but skip over as soon as they can. You named it: we don’t want to talk about death, let alone consider it as something relating to ourselves, unless we are directly faced with it. And then we are alone with it — nobody wants to talk with you about the topic which is so urgently near, hitting you into your face.

Lucky if you find people willing to talk. I found them after my husband died, when I did public conversations on Youtube about conscious living and dying. For one hour at a time we shared experiences and insights. But most of the time you have to get through grief and sadness alone.

What a blessing that you can write about it! A beautiful heartfelt, deep text. Thank you! Losing a child is even more painful, I guess, than losing the life partner — if we can make these comparisons at all.