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Sally Ride Takes Her Final Flight
fructose writes "Sally Ride, America's first woman in space died today at age 61. She succumbed to pancreatic cancer according to her office in San Diego. Here's to wishing her a safe trip on her final journey."
People do not want to admit that death==nonexistence so they make-up imaginary "trips" to some other place (heaven, hell, Elysian Fields, space, whatever). In reality Sally Ride's personality dissolved into nothingness at the moment her brain's neurons broke connection with one another when they were deprived of oxygen.
I was where you're at once. 20 years ago, my friend 'passed' from stomach cancer at age 35, young. The docs gave him 2 months, he lasted 7, we took him to Atlantic City for his dying wish. He was home to die thanks to the local hospice, and I was blessed to be able to be there, to help him and his wife any way I could. A lot of weird unexplainable shit happened in that room. All I can say is, keep an open mind about things, young man. There's more going on in this life than what we can see, that is my experience. Think what you will, I know what I know, and those 7 months spent helping out permanently changed my thinking, and the direction of my life, for the better. One last thing. Young Sir, after you die, get ready for a surprise!