Word: deathday
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...Deathday Wishes I applaud Nancy Gibbs' article about the death of her father [May 5]. I am a trained nurse and have seen many lonely deaths in hospitals and nursing homes. My mother passed away three years ago at the age of 92, and I was lucky enough to have been there to see her and talk to her before she became unconscious. Perhaps us children being there with her before she died gave us some peace. But I and my sisters and brothers still miss our Mum, and my eldest sister is 72 years old! Patrick Kwai-sum Poon...
...What irked me about Gibbs' article on death was the lack of reference to God and an afterlife. It's a lot harder to confront death and celebrate our "Deathday" if we choose to ignore God. David Scallon, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND...
...Deathday Wishes Nancy Gibbs' eloquence on the death of her father left me breathless [May 5]. Yet the concept of a Deathday is not merely a quirk of J.K. Rowling's literature: Jewish culture has celebrated the Yahrzeit for centuries. It is a day of joyous yet sorrowful memory of those gone, during which people gather to support the bereaved with sweet recollections of the dead. My grandfather died when I was 7. Every year his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren partake of a meal in his name, those who remember him speaking of him to those...
What irked me about Gibbs' article on death was the lack of reference to God and an afterlife. It's a lot harder to confront death and celebrate our "Deathday" if we choose to ignore God. David Scallon, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND...
...Deathday Wishes Nancy Gibbs' eloquence on the death of her father left me breathless [May 5]. Yet the concept of a Deathday is not merely a quirk of J.K. Rowling's literature: Jewish culture has celebrated the Yahrzeit for centuries. It is a day of joyous yet sorrowful memory of those gone, during which people gather to support the bereaved with sweet recollections of the dead. My grandfather died when I was 7. Every year his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren partake of a meal in his name, those who remember him speaking of him to those...