Kill Me Now

This week we watched Tuesdays with Morrie. In the movie a former student, Mitch, reconnects with his college professor, Morrie, before he dies from ALS. Mitch has trouble understanding why Morrie is ok with death. Mitch is uncomfortable with the thought of death just like most Americans, myself included. Death is hard for most to talk about because it reminds you of people that used to be alive and how they impacted your life. When I think of death, I think of my grandparents. Just like Morrie I had a grandfather that was diagnosed with a similar disorder of alzheimer's and parkinson's. As each time Mitch went to visit Morrie he got progressively worse. Unfortunately just like Mitch I too had to see my grandfather go from being perfectly fine to having to be helped for everything. Its not an easy process to go through nor do you take lightly. When they would talked about almost losing Morrie but it was touch and go for awhile. I too have experienced more then I care to admit. These are the moments that make you evaluate yourself as a person and realize everyone has the same destiny of death. Death is sucha hard subject to be around because it makes everyone uncomfortable and Americans just want to stay in their comfort zone. Death is a part of life and i have had to except that but for most people they believe they will cheat death but in the end they will have to face the scary, dark tunnel of death.