First we were losing musicians (Glen Frey, Paul Kantner, David Bowie and Lemmy), then a favorite actor (Alan Rickman) and now in 2 days, 2 authors, Harper Lee and Umberto Eco. The saddest part of growing older is that the people we've known and admired begin to die.
Seems it goes in groupings doesn't it? This year so far has been especially hard.
ReplyDeleteYes, the life-cycle goes on and, of course, the nearer one gets to the far end
ReplyDeletethe more we become aware of our own mortality. Gather ye rosebuds I say.
The older we grow, we must learn how to cope with loss.
ReplyDeleteWe're not at the end of February yet and there's been so many losses so far this year, terribly sad.
ReplyDeleteToo true. I have a funeral to go to next week, a cousin of my dad's who was a almost like a brother to him and thus almost like an uncle to me.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the truth! My SIL's memorial service is today, and now the shadow of cancer is hovering over another close family member. It's dispiriting to say the least.
ReplyDeleteI know who Harper Lee was and David Bowe the others I have never heard of. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so true! I suppose the biggest shock, to Poppy and me was Glen Frey. Harper Lee too though. To Kill a Mocking Bird was a favorite book, and movies.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly the problem, we are getting old, as well. I lost both my parents over the last two years, so I shouldn't be surprised but every death of someone I loved and/or admired still comes as a huge shock. Guess we have to enjoy ever day of our lives as if it were the last.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts,
Marianne from
Let's Read
It shouldn't surprise us that the older we get, the more we are saddened by the news of people dying - and yet it does catch us unawares, probably because time is passing so quickly, we don't feel we are as old as we actually are.
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