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anne richardson's avatar

thank you Summer. you are a gifted teacher to your students and to us. the video from Mexico City was beautiful. (the New York Times also had an video op-ed focusing on the significance of marigolds and Day of the Dead that was touching and if folks can find it through a search, i recommend).

western ways have "killed" our relationship with death. as i attended Becoming Monster last week, one workshop i attended we reflected on the life-death-life cycle...it is part of creation, right? i ponder death and dying a lot. do i want to stay around longer? yes. but am a afraid of death. no. it is part of my inhabiting the human form. and like you, i agree "death" is not only physical, but in allowing our beliefs, our institutions, and more to die in allowing something new to rise. these times call us to hold close those we love, care for those in need, and trust the life-death-life cycle. take tender care my friend.

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Robert D Cameron's avatar

Nice piece Summer. Stay out of ERs. They can kill you. Said as an old asthmatic with a bad ❤️. And not long to go. Death will be the cost of life. What is after will only be known by those who pay the cost. You have a long beautiful life ahead. I feel it.

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