Children With Illnesses

It is always sad to think about a young child that has barely begun to live their life that is battling a life threatening illness. The other day I was watching The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, parts of this movie depict a brave little girl named Bailey who is battling leukemia. Eventually the treatments aren't helping and Bailey must face the fact that she is dying. Several clips in the movie show her talking about how she feels, which can help someone understand how a real child going through this tough time might feel. Overall she is worried most about leaving her friends and family behind, and this clip that I've added shows her talking about her concerns with time, and missing out on life.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNB10i95ZFk&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL0E0F227B83655E33

Comment for Choose your Death & Walk for Life

Wouldn't let me respond to those two blogs so here are my comments-

Death Sentence- This is a good point. I think that if someone murdered a family member of mine, naturally I would want justice. Murdering someone is a choice, and the murderer is always well aware of the consequences. No matter how painfully the murderer dies though, it will never take the pain away from the family. Will watching your loved-one's killer be electrically shocked to death really give you the feeling of justice? I dont think so.

Walk for Life:

This weekend I went to Miami for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. 25 of our friends and family walked among the other 30,000 people that were there. We walked for my mother, who thankfully was walking right by our side. It is very moving to see that there are so many people out there that support the cause.

Walk for Life&Death

This year marks 30 years since the AIDS virus was reported in five young gay men in Los Angeles. Over the years, more than 32,000 people have died of the disease in the county, according to health officials. Another 63,000 area residents live with HIV or AIDS.
These walks for cancer, aids, etc. Have much life and purpose to fight, but the reality of the walks is the truth of the deaths, the pain, the need for a cure. Who do you walk for? What cause pushes you?
I walk for my mom who had cancer.
I walk for my best friend who has AIDS

Read the article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-aids-walk-20111017,0,4987477.story

When Death Spreads

This weekend I saw the thriller Contagion. Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart. This is a movie of the fear of dying and death. It was so accurately portrayed to what science today would do if an outbreak would happen. What was so amazing about this film was how fast and quickly the disease spread and the panic in people to try to survive. This movie will make you think about our class.

Extreme Death

Have you often noticed how dare devils and risk takers who die in intense activities like sports are usually regarded as heroes? This weekend Dan Wheldon died in the Indy Race in Las Vegas. When your job consists of being a pilot, a soldier, a mine digger, and other risky work, how do you think people accept the possibility of death? Is it riskier to be a race car driver and killed in a crash or a teacher being shot in a classroom? What is an extreme death? To me, an extreme death is the innocent child with 98% burns in it's body from a war in Iraq he can't escape from, not a sport one can race by chance and risk ones life for speed record books and fun.

Pick Your Death: Firing Squads or the Electric chair

Talk about going old school, Rep. Brad Drake filed a bill this week that would end the use of lethal injection in Florida executions. Instead, those with a death sentence would choose between electrocution or a firing squad.(Republican of course-Bias opinion here). In a way this makes me question about what happens to the felons who want to die in peace, have healed and forgiven themselves and the families they hurt. I see this going forward in Texas as no problem, after all capital punishment is every day. What are your thoughts? If someone killed your family member, would you want them to suffer or die easy?

Read Article:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/10/13/fla_lawmaker_wants_to_bring_back_firing_squads/

The Me Generation is dead. The iGeneration rules.

Since Steve Jobs death,
We have seen Apple fans express their mourning through writings in store glasses and Apple has even sent a official email where people can send comments and express their feelings. The news has is sharing the world-wide views of people who are sad or shocked by his death. He truly was a visionary and icon for our generation. The article below depicts the differences of the 'me' to 'I' changes and his contribution to pop culture and technology.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true."
-Steve Jobs



http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view/20111013steve_jobs_death_underscores_the_rise_of_the_igeneration/srvc=home&position=recent

How to make it through a funeral speech.

My dads really close friend Dominic, unexpectedly died of a heart attack and it was devistating.

Three weeks it later came time for the second funeral in Florida and my dad had prepared a great speech to deliver.

My dad had great lines that he would test out on me while making me laugh and cry all at the same time discussing Dominics life, their friendship, his children and even had little crowd participation parts in there.

When asking my dad if he would give the speech that day, he said no :(

I was sad to hear that he wouldn't do it and he had said it was because "he couldn't get through it".

I pitched some ideas of others reading it, or him printing it out so people could read it instead, but he shut it down and didn't do it.

I could totatlly understand how he couldn't read it but it sucks to think that he wouldn't share his stories and memories with the poeple that cared about Dominic most.

This website I found is a blog from someone else about how to get through giving a speech and I thought it was great and wish I had found it sooner to share with my dad.

http://www.kristiewest.com/2011/03/17/how-to-do-a-funeral-speech-the-lessons-i-learnt-from-my-two-grandads/

Check it out!

Allie225

If Tomorrow Never Comes

I found this poem online and I thought that it was very moving. It made me think a lot about this class and what Professor Cox has taught us.

http://http://smiley00.tripod.com/poem285.html