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The Christian Response To Death
The world is grappling with AIDS at epidemic proportions. Every year thousands of people get infect with HIV/AIDS and several thousands succumb to the disease. Even children are not spared by the disease. There are some famous people who contracted the disease and later succumbed to it. These deaths were eye openers as the media reported them and soon people started gaining more knowledge about HIV/AIDS.



DO offer up an expression of sympathy. Often we are at a loss for words when encountering something as final as death. Simply saying "I'm sorry for your loss" is usually enough. Be respectful and listen attentively when spoken to, and offer your own words of condolence.


Even when sharing personal memories and thoughts, it's a good idea to write them down rather than speaking "off the cuff." It's normal to be caught up in the emotion of a funeral, and easy to forget what you planned to say. Writing down those main points on note cards or paper will help you stay on track. Practicing your funeral speech will also help prevent stage fright. Stand in front of a mirror and practice relaxing, smiling and looking out over your audience. Remember, you aren't demonstrating your public speaking expertise; you're helping others remember the one who is gone.

Ladies should keep their shoulders covered. Since most funerals take place in a church or other religious institution, it is common sense to practice modesty when selecting a dress to wear to the funeral. Ensuring that your shoulders are properly covered shows respect for the family and their religion.

Dad recovered to the point that he had ten more good years of life, except for the two times his head sprung a leak. He had a brain bleed. That is a bleeding blood vessel between the skull and the brain, but it is not in the brain. It presses the brain and gives symptoms of a stroke, but it is not a stroke. Once the bleeding is stopped, the brain returns to normal, and so does the patient. Anyway, neither the aneurysm not the brain bleeds were dad's illness. Although he should have died, he didn't. None of those were the illness of which dad would die.

You can make sure that all your personal records are organized and easy for the survivors to locate, so that there is less stress expended looking for these items.

I am sure you can think of a few others. I think the deaths of performers are really tragic when they die performing. The performers in my top 10 are unusual in that not only did they live their lives in the public gaze, but they died very publicly too.
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