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**The wirerat** · 12-22-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by beanbag

I just wanted to drop by and say hey. I got your IM earlier, but I was doing homework at the time and you'd already signed off by then. sorry about that.

That's okay. you are forgiven, but just this once

Really, welcome to my world.

Allow me to offer you a drink

If you see me online, feel free to IM me. Same goes for everybody else. i love chatting

**The wirerat** · 12-22-2006, 09:54 PM

What is our purpose here on earth? If I were to end my life rigt now, would I make an impact

**The wirerat** · 12-22-2006, 10:02 PM

I wonder, what could be so painful about dying. I mean, what does it feel like to have your life slipping away. Can you actually feel it, or do you just know?

**MtlMom** · 12-22-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by The wirerat

I wonder, what could be so painful about dying. I mean, what does it feel like to have your life slipping away. Can you actually feel it, or do you just know?

I suppose it depends upon where you spend eternity. Choose wisely.

**The wirerat** · 12-22-2006, 10:36 PM

Oh I know where I will be, but I just have those questions

passinthru · 12-22-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by The wirerat

I wonder, what could be so painful about dying. I mean, what does it feel like to have your life slipping away. Can you actually feel it, or do you just know?

Depends on how you die - I watched someone die once, it looked painfilled even on the morphine.

**The wirerat** · 12-22-2006, 11:38 PM

I've seen people alive, dead, and in the act of dying. it doesn't matter

**MtlMom** · 12-23-2006, 10:36 AM

If you want a clinical perspective, I can certainly give you that. As a registered nurse, I have seen many, many people of all ages die. I have seen people in excrutiating pain as they took their last breath. I have seen people slip peacefully into slumber. I have seen the terror in the eyes of people who have overdosed right at the moment when they realize that they made a fatal mistake and there is no turning back. A lot of people with terminal illnesses are in denial right up to the point of their death. My sister had terminal cancer, but she didn't really believe that she was going to die until she woke up and saw everyone standing around her bed. She was terrified.

**The wirerat** · 12-23-2006, 03:46 PM

I've watched people die in the ER. You shouldn't look into their eyes though, that's what makes it stick.

**MtlMom** · 12-23-2006, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by The wirerat

I've watched people die in the ER. You shouldn't look into their eyes though, that's what makes it stick.

I want it to stick. I hope I never forget any of those faces. If I am with a person in their last moment, I want to give Christ every opportunity to use me.