The family gamble is when a family makes a decision if there is actually a loss of a family member. An example of family gamble is making decisions to become emotional ready to part ways with a comatose family member. Is there a chance of recovery? If there is a recovery, what can of quality of life is he or she going to have? Should I make funeral plans (Boss 1999)?

The family gamble is when a family makes a decision if there is actually a loss of a family member. An example of family gamble is making decisions to become emotional ready to part ways with a comatose family member. Is there a chance of recovery? If there is a recovery, what can of quality of life is he or she going to have? Should I make funeral plans (Boss 1999)?
A researcher describes a father who came down with Alzheimer’s disease at forty years of age. His youngest son was certain that he would contract Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier age too. Thoughts of what kind of life he would have, or the life his own family would have if he chose to marry and have children (Boss 1999). The compromise he has to think about is almost impossible to fathom. Should he take the family gamble and realize that there is nothing that he can do to change his father’s situation? Should he grieve now and continue to live out his life that it may be cut short too?

It’s an issue that is easy to see, that doesn’t get much news. Maybe because nobody cares. “The Journalism Crisis” is spawning conferences all over the world — attended by middle-aged cigar-smoking white males who have lost touch with what a newspaper is supposed to be.

The end of an era.

Why do we pay our respects to the dead? Isn’t it too late by then? Should we not show more respect for the living? Specifially what about the living dead?

Commentary about recently released photo of dying Marine.

Due to the overwhelming amount of haunted places to visit in Illinois, I will break this down into a couple parts so the articles don’t seem overwhelming. I hope you enjoy these articles as much as I have enjoyed writing them.

This article provides information on teen suicide. It contains reasons for suicide, how to detect a potential suicider and, how to prevent teen suicide.

Missing Michael Jackson.

Just a nice little article about dealing with the idea of dying.