How Does Death Effect You?

In Sociology we watched this movie about Morrie. The movie was called Tuesday's With Morrie. Personally I thought this movie was fantastic and had many great points about life. Some background about Morrie is that he was a sociology teacher who is now very ill and is passing away from lugarics disease, where the body slowly deteriorates. A man of many wise thoughts is teaching his last lessons on his death bed.

Death seems like a harsh topic to talk about and understand due to us being raised in a certain type of culture. What I'm trying to get across is that because we are American and have lived here by a certain set of unseen guidelines known as culture. We see death as a rough subject to think about and experience. Well a few years ago I got to go to my first funeral. The person that passed was my Great Grandmother. She was 93 years old when she died. I always remember her when I was a child. She would always praise me for how great of a great grandson that I was. But my memories of her were limited. As soon as I found out that she was sick and my grandmother was visiting and taking care of her in the nursing home, I knew I wanted to see her. That last visit that I had with her was fantastic and we spent time talking and catching up. She was astonished how much I had grown from the last time I had seen her. That day went well, but in the back of my mind I knew that she wouldn't last, and would eventually pass away.

Thinking back now, I see how ignorant I was. When I was at the funeral home, I saw my Great Grandmother dead in her casket. But what I didn't see was the legacy and lessons that she had left behind. She was the women that helped bring most of my family into the country and more family that I didn't even know I had. That day was filled with grieving over a death, but it was also filled with meeting new people and family members that I never knew about. She was a great lady and I miss her dearly, but she has done some much for so many. And now she is at peace watching over all of us.