Death

Is there another word for death, which is less painful?  When your heart ceases beating, you are classified as dead.

Early this morning around 3:22, my mother-in-law was pronounced dead in a hospital in China. My husband and our children are right now in an Boeing 747, still hoping to visit her at the hospital.

There are so many regrets in life. A couple of nights ago, my mother-in-law was calling her eldest grandson's name wanting to see him. I wish I had let my children visit their grandmother during the Christmas break.

May my mother-in-law's soul forgive me. May her soul rest in peace.