Thanks for your stories and comments to mine.

While it is true that I did loose my DH, I must say that I gained far more in the time that we had together than I lost. So it is with others that I have loved and lost; for I have had such love in my life. I rest my mind on that and the love that I share with those who continue to be in my life, like all of you here.

Doydie, I can't think of a more peaceful & merciful way to move on from this mortal coil than to have the heart slow down until it painlessly stops while one is sleeping. I have no fear of death but when it is my time, such a process would be my preference.

I'm very much looking forward to others' stories, for in sharing them we all become stronger.

With love, Erika