I've lost a lot of family members but, I don't know why, but it doesn't make me sad, somehow it just makes me feel nothing. Detached even. I think only the loss of one of my kids would ever make me feel overcome with grief. I think ppl get sad because like Euphoric said, they'll miss the person they lost, until they finally die. And it's sad when life gets cut short, yes, if you believe in an afterlife, the dead person's in a better place, but too soon. It seems unfair that some ppl lead full lives and others don't get the chance.


On another note, I made the decision to be cremated when I was 11 because I went to the funeral of our teenage next door neighbor and my mother made me touch his hand! I was absolutely terrified and can still feel his puffy cold dead hand. I never want anyone to parade around me while I lie dead in a box. No way.