Dr. Pounds, let me start out by saying that I am a little bothered and I feel awkward even talking about the subject of death. I really do wish this was an area for someone else to talk to you about, someone older. JoAnn that's how I feel, too. I know we need to talk about this, but I would just as well do it in another time. I mean I know that death is final, but I just can't imagine dying, at least not when I'm so young.
Death can be an awkward subject to talk about.
It's not one that any of us look forward to discussing, especially teenagers. You see, adolescence is seen as a time characterized by life. You may think you will live forever, that dying and death have no place in your life. All teenagers have this sort of superman mentality. It's the idea that death will affect someone else's life, but not mine.