Grief...

For those of you that don't know, Liam Neeson (57) lost his wife, Natasha Richardson (46), as a result of a freak skiing accident. 

They were married for 15 years (1994 - 2009), which was up until the day she died.

The above ~5min clip never aired on "60 Minutes".  Why?  Who knows.  Or perhaps, we do.

I was searching online for something related (i.e. grief, spouse, bunnies, spaceships, etc.) and stumbled on to this page.

Interestingly, Anderson Cooper inquired specifically about the grief process, head on. I'm paraphrasing here, but he basically asked the expected "How did you...?" or "When did you...?", blah blah blah.

I do recall that they went through some relatable scenarios in the interview, besides visiting the jumbo-sized ski McMansion in Colorado and (shit! did I just use the word McMansion?) - regarding the pains of its upkeep, even while still being happily married.

The takeaway I got from it is that this area of life (or the ending of it) remains untouchable or undiscussable [sic] in today's America. Perhaps, rightly so. 

Otherwise would the world grind to a halt if everyone indulged into their own personal tragedy?

I read something interesting from the U.N. world analysis of population growth:

Birth Rate	Death Rate
• 360,000 births per day	• 151,600 people die each day
• 15,000 births each hour	• 6,316 people die each hour
• 250 births each minute	• 105 people die each minute
• Four births each second of every day	• Nearly two people die each second

So, two people a day.  Everyday.  365 a year. No holidays.

I guess I did answer my own question as to why "60 minutes" only aired the "grief" video segment at the end.  We, as a species, sometimes have to "sweep it under the rug".

Ignore the signpost just up ahead.

To stay alive.

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