And to file a report to his workplace for a funeral cost refund. My brother in law paid $7000 CAD for the funeral and wanted that money to be paid back to him. In boxing day, 2017, my brother and I caught the flu and couldn’t get out of bed, typical in the winter.

• In the span of less than one lifetime, he has met and married two soulmates, two loves-of-my-life, and the two most beautiful women in the world.
• People need to stop judging and start putting themselves in others’ shoes.
• Several people just said “I love you” and that meant a lot.

I only know what moves me to make stuff and what moves me when I look at other people’s stuff. BUT… I DO think that some artists place too much attention on making money before developing the skills, authentic voice, what have you — that actually drives people to WANT their art. I could easily plot out a way to market stick figure drawings… But that does not mean I will do well selling them. I always think of you when people spill the ‘artists don’t make art for money’ rhetoric.

From The Moment Of Death To Rigor Mortis And Beyond

While people with certain medical conditions may feel pain at the end of life, others die painlessly. Often, people with terminal conditions like cancer receive pain v hotel & suites medication so they are comfortable at the moment of death. None of those are preferred by me, especially the ‘thinking of you, or I feel for you kind – thinking/feeling what?! It’s shorthand for nothing at all.

Make The Most Of Time With Loved Ones

I grieved before and now I was safe from his emotional abuse. I don’t want my she’s anywhere near his when I go. In the days following his death, I’m trying to play the role of a devoted, grieving and dutiful son as this seems to be what everyone wants from me. My sister is eulogising him to the point of canonisation and I feel angry that everyone seems to have forgotten what a nasty man he actually was. Thayer White suggests you talk to the person who hurt you. You just go into a room by yourself and tell the person how angry you are at them, how terribly you’ve been affected by what they did.

Making Art Until Somone Dies

His death changes nothing and I feel nothing. I wish him peace and know in my heart that it is between him and God now. I will survive and continue to live my life, scarred and without closure. We all react differently to deep loss.

He was childish, narrow minded, extremely jealous, paranoïd, would put a huge moral pressure on my mother. He was also an alcoholic and was terrible when drunk. Because of him several of my mom’s friends had stopped seing her. It was hard to see her endure all that. He struggled with addiction disease from age 12 until his death .

Whenever my wife and I would have a spat, he’d try to talk me into getting a divorce. He was mad at me for not buying a house in his neighborhood because I wanted to buy a house near a good school for my kids. He just didn’t care or understand that I couldn’t spend a lot of time with him because I was busy with work, family and kids.