Brown beautiful old lady Stella (80):
Leticia: Hi Stella, How are you.
Stella: I'm Fine darlling , What bring you here today?
Leticia: Stella, Can I ask you couple questions?
Stella: Yes, What is it about?
Leticia: The care of the dead....
Stella: Hmm interesting...ask all you want I got all day.
Leticia: What do you know about death?
Stella: I know that people die in many ways.... Some good and some bad.
Leticia: What do you think is the proper way, someone should die?
Stella: Ollddd like me... But to be filled with happiness.
Stella: You don't want to be lonely when you die... you want people to know that they care for you and you care for them.
Stella: I know I’m going to die, I’m not scared though. I have done what I had to do in my life. I traveled, got kids and got married. I' m alright. I just thank god, that I’m just aging...
Stella: But I do miss my wonderful husband...
Leticia: How did his death effect you?.
Stella: I was not ready for him to go.. But nothing that I could do, but be by his side and love even more each day.
Stella: He died of an heart attack...
Stella: but my kid were older when he died, They understood the condition he was in... It was hard for all of us.
Leticia: How was his funeral?
Stella: Beautiful... He is buried by the beach under a tree.. by his home country.
Stella: This was the hardest part in my life...
Stella: I made sure, everything went well and peaceful. No music just sound of the ocean.
Tia Rosa (60):
Leticia: Son Tia,
Tia: Dios te bendiga.
Leticia: Tia, Can ask you couple questions?
Tia: Si
Leticia: What do you think about death?
Tia: Its natural.. But some people die of being sick, which is why when someone die of being sick can be sadder, than just someone dyeing of old age...
Leticia: What do you think should be done about death?
Tia: I think people should show respect and their kindness to the family and that died... Things feel better when people show that they care.
From Interviewing Stella, I can tell that she was not a sad woman, she didn't cry when she spoke about her husband, or seemed scared about death. What seemed to bother her was that her husband died of a heart attack instead of watching him getting older with her. I liked the way she describe his funeral, it seemed like it was peaceful and filling. Stella was with her husband for about 35 yrs, she never thought that her husband could die like that, that’s what she felt was disappointing. What I got form my Tia was that it was more about the family being together after someone died, to respect that they died and life continues living. She mentioned that a person should die of old age instead of being sick; this was what Stella was talking about too. I think it’s because it more scary to die of an sickness than dying naturally. Knowing someone that is sick involves more personal feelings because you see a person suffering and there not much you can do. MY aunt and Stella, rather a person die of old age than any other thing, and that the family should be together.
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