Always there
So, today, I was having a talk with my mom about death. Strange topic for a mother-to-son conversation, but it brought up some interesting topics and I started to think about things from a different perspective. Alex: "Mom, when you're dead, who's going to give me hugs and money when I'm broke?" Mom: "Silly boy. When I'm dead, I'll always be here with you." Alex: *hugs mom* Mom: "Why is your head so big? I wish your ears would grow with your head. Big ears are good luck." Alex: ... Though I'm an Atheist, I would consider myself a spiritual Atheist (would that make me... Agnostic?). Though our loved ones may come and go from this life, I believe they'll always be with us, watching over us. When people die, they never really leave us. They will always be here with us, even many years have passed since their death. When people die, they will live on in our minds and hearts. As long as we never let them go, they will always be here with us for everything. Every breath, every step, and every mess up. Drawing on the ideas from Harry Potter, love is eternal, and not even death can take that away from us. If you love someone, then it will be forever. People can find solace in the memories of their loved ones, and hopefully, that will be enough to ease the pain of a death. My mom tells me that when she dies, she doesn't want me to be sad. I told my mom that I would probably mope around for the rest of my life, but then she yelled at me and started lecturing me about how she wanted me to make her proud and not mope around after her death. That makes a lot of sense to me! If someone dies, do you think they would want you to be sad all the time? No (unless they didn't really care about you when they were alive). Mom: "When I'm dead, don't do any bad things... because I will be watching." Alex: XDThis entry was posted on April 15, 2008 at 09:44 PM and is filed under Thoughts,.
By Sarah · on April 15, 2008
My mom rarely talks about death. Maybe its because of the superstitions at home. I’m Buddhist (it’s part of the family), but then again I think I’m also an Agnostic Atheist because I don’t really believe in my religion, but I believe there’s a superior power out there.
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LOL at the last comment! :P
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Aww that’s so sweet! Well I’m Agnostic too so I have these spiritual ideas as well I guess. When someone close dies, no doubt you’ll feel sad etc. But time continues for those living so we’d all have to move on sometime.
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OMG, NEW COMMENT BOX LAYOUTS.
You should read “Grapes of Wrath”. It has some interesting parts about spirituality, and how each of man (or women) draws out from a larger part of a…
I’ m not doing a good job explaining.
Go read it.
=)
Me ish agnostic, too. in a sense.
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My parents never talk about death, they call it “going away”.
I suppose it’s because our family’s Buddhist and believe in reincarnation and the afterlife.
It’s definitely impossible to be NOT sad when a loved one dies, but I agree that love is eternal and they’ll always be, in a way, with us.
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The last part sort of reminds me of The Lovely Bones. (Didn’t you read that book?)
Like when how Susie watches over her family.
That book had interesting ideas about heaven..
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Haha your mum is a very very cool lady.
Love the HP reference by the way, and so true too!
I can’t have this kind of conversation with any family member because I’ll just burst into tears =X
Hope the 28 Books in 2008 Challenge is going well! Happy reading =D
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My father is a doctor so he takes one of those incredibly literal approaches to death which makes it really hard to truly understand I guess. Its a scary topic to talk to loved ones about I guess because it makes it even more scary.
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That’s such a great blog. Have fun in Disneyland!!! Bring me back something :)
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Aahaha. Your mum sounds funny. Sort of. As in haha funny, and not weird funny, if you’re preparing to pounce on me and defend your mother.
I don’t really know what to believe. Is there God? Are there spirits floating around, like in Mulan? Does love really go on forever? Do we just die, or do we live on? I guess I’m pretty atheist, though.
Perhaps people live on in memories.
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-is expecting an anaheim blog post with pictures-
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http://www.dropshots.com/mindyyyyy
I don’t know if there are any pics of you, but you might wanna check, since I was w/ you the whole day…
^I wasn’t the one taking the pictures, FYI.
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I don’t really talk about death. I don’t want to die, haha.
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LOL. I think the second last message from your mom is pretty funny. Your mom seems like a pretty cool lady. :) Eh, my mom and I haven’t talked about death because I think that is quite scary for her. Although, we have talked about my future marriage. :P
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