Conversation with my mom the other day:
ATG: so I think I’m going to volunteer at a hospice.
MOM: why?
ATG: hm… I feel like I haven’t been exposed to death enough, I mean, I’m not getting any younger and it’s inevitable that folks are going to start dropping like flies.
MOM: are you afraid I’m going to die?
ATG: -uncomfortable pause- well, not really, I mean, I know it’s going to happen sooner or later, so I just want to be exposed to more of it. Who knows, my number could be up before yours is. Death. I mean. No sense in getting worked up over something that’s inevitable, you know?
MOM: yeah.
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