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Equinox Moon

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21. No, we can never tell.

Reply to HipChick (Reply #20)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 09:58 PM

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Equinox Moon Dec 2018 OP

Never occurred to me, but I have not followed the funeral much. dameatball Dec 2018 #1

Some people can't handle it JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #2

Bush 1 had apparently been near death several times and then recovered... This last time he took a hlthe2b Dec 2018 #3

Nope. Iggo Dec 2018 #4

Agree ananda Dec 2018 #40

Not sure rufus dog Dec 2018 #5

I have said goodbye to loved ones in hospice titaniumsalute Dec 2018 #6

After 43's eulogy today True Dough Dec 2018 #7

Sometimes it's just timing Siwsan Dec 2018 #8

I do think lots of times people wait to die csziggy Dec 2018 #30

I think so, too spinbaby Dec 2018 #36

I recently shared the story of what happened, that day Siwsan Dec 2018 #38

So Dorian Gray Dec 2018 #9

Thanks. I don't think there is anything wrong with wondering and asking. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #10

Yeah Dorian Gray Dec 2018 #17

Indeed. I didn't make it to either of my parents' side when they passed... regnaD kciN Dec 2018 #34

Aw Dorian Gray Dec 2018 #35

He spoke to him on the phone Sanity Claws Dec 2018 #11

I'm going to give 43 a pass on this tparrett62 Dec 2018 #12

They thought he was rallying again. Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #13

Thanks. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #18

My mom was in and out of the hospital the last year. The first 3 times we all went instantly demtenjeep Dec 2018 #14

Understood. You have a story to tell. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #15

When it Rebl2 Dec 2018 #16

Okay. But I think it is okay to wonder also. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #19

My Aunt was up and cracking jokes in her hospital bed on a Mon.. HipChick Dec 2018 #20

No, we can never tell. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #21

As a caring son, I'm sure Bush is already cut up about it HipChick Dec 2018 #22

I thought I was the only one who noticed!1 From the earliest reports that BAKER was at the bedside UTUSN Dec 2018 #23

Hey, thanks for being in the club of wondering. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #24

It was my understanding that Baker lived in the same neighborhood. Sounded like he was practically politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2018 #25

I sincerely empathize with *your* personal experience. UTUSN Dec 2018 #26

Thanks. I appreciate your kind words. politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2018 #27

I loved the story relayed by Tom Brokaw about that visit with Baker. Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #29

My wife and I missed the passing of 3 immediate family members by minutes. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #28

Can't always be there at the moment God calls you home... Kajun Gal Dec 2018 #31

It really sucks to be in that position. Tiggeroshii Dec 2018 #32

He Was at the SMU Basketball Game in Dallas on the Nite Before His Father's Death Stallion Dec 2018 #33

I was very close to my grandmother, but I lived in CA... a la izquierda Dec 2018 #37

Being in hospice doesn't mean death is imminent. Medicare, for example, pnwmom Dec 2018 #39