Fear

Student Brian Lewis interviewed his mother, Nadine Lewis, on her fear of dying too young. Here are the responses.

Brian: What is one of your biggest fears?

Nadine: I would say one of my biggest fears is dying too young and therefore not having the time I would like to establish good loving relationships with my grandchildren.

Brian: How does that fear manifest itself?

Nadine: As a child my mothers father was 54 years old when he died. He left for work one day, felt sick, pulled over on the side of the road, and had a massive heart attack and died in my aunts lap. My parents at the time had been married for 5 months so he never had a chance to meet any of his five grandchildren. Further to that point my mother died at age 70 and while she did have to opportunity to meet, know, and love all of her seven grandchildren, I have always felt as though my children were deprived of the chance to get to know their grandmother because they were only seven and four years old.

Brian: Has it changed the way you live your life?

Nadine: Yes, it has changed the way I have lived my life. I try to take good care of myself by eating right, exercising, and going to the doctor. I also try to be a good mother and I have realized the importance of making good memories because having lost my mother it is my memories of her that I share with my children believing that is the only way I can help my children get to know their grandmother.

Brian: How do you cope with this fear?

Nadine: I try not to dwell on the thought of it but I would be lying if I said I do not think about it from time to time.

Brian: Do you think you can overcome this fear?

Nadine: I think the only way I will ever overcome this fear is to live longer than both my grandfather and my mother. I think once I surpass the ages they were when they died is the only way I will really overcome this fear.

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