A former co-worker of my husband, passed away this weekend. He simply dropped face down into a plate of mashed potatoes during his dinner after suffering an aneurism.Â
My great grandfather spent his last hour on his front porch rocking his youngest grandchild. He stood up, passed the baby to his daughter, sat back down on the rocker and suffered a massive stroke.
James Barber, the Urban Peasant http://www.james-barber.com/, , author of a dozen cookbooks, was sitting at the dining room table, reading a cookbook, with a pot of soup simmering on the stove.
As for me……..I want to go lying in bed next to my husband under a quilt with a kitty at my feet after having our nightly chat. I want to lean over, turn off the light and close my eyes.  What about you? If you had a choice how would you want to go?
I really want to go in my sleep, and if I can’t have that, at least quickly. My grandmother on my dad’s side died in her sleep. They think she didn’t feel well since neighbors mentioned seeing she had drawn her drapes in the afternoon, and she never napped. She was on a fully made bed with just an afghan blanket over herself, so she must have felt off and laid down for a bit, and never woke up. They didn’t do an autopsy but the doctors said they don’t believe she felt anything at all.
My other grandmother died of a heart attack but it was very quick, less than 30 seconds, so while it may have hurt at least it was long and drawn out.
I feel very cheerful right about now!