what a wonderful mindset, @happilyalive! That's what frustrates me the most, that most everyone is younger than me, and scared of death, so I have to keep this lovely journey to myself. But I see by the number of responses I've received, it's on a lot of people's minds. When I encounter something that has the potential to be dark and scary, I want to shine a light on it, make it less scary. I'm very close with some of my grands and great grands, and being young, they freak out. My 8 year old great grand started asking questions about death. He's a smart kid, and that's a normal age to start wondering about death. I watched the people around him get all uncomfortable and it brought me back to a time when I was little, prolly asked the same questions, got the same uncomfy feelings. When he asked if I'm so old, will I die soon, everyone hollered "no", and I said 'yes'. Poor kid , everyone started yammering at once, and I just grabbed him and went out back, and we discussed it over a game of cornhole. He's fine with it, he says, but would like some advance notice so he could say goodbye. His paternal great grandma passed recently, so of course he has questions. Of course they ask at the wrong time, without warning, that's what kids do. People were like cockroaches, scurrying out of the kitchen! Thank you again, for your wonderful post of love and support. Peace and Every Good!