Mortality

[scaeagles]

Holy cow, WB. I had a graduating class of about 500 (not all I have listed above were in my class, however - a couple were a year younger), and I wonder how many have passed. This is leading me to have a morbid desire to search statistics related to what percentage of people die at what age. Seems like your class and my class are lowering the average life expactancy, WB.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Holy cow, WB. I had a graduating class of about 500 (not all I have listed above were in my class, however - a couple were a year younger), and I wonder how many have passed. This is leading me to have a morbid desire to search statistics related to what percentage of people die at what age. Seems like your class and my class are lowering the average life expactancy, WB.

My class was about 550, but not all that I listed were the same grade either. My friend who was murdered went to a different school, but I kind of just group all my friends together without regard to what school, grad class, etc. The thing is, I learned early on that I was not immortal and that death could happen anytime, anywhere. It's kind of freeing, really- teaches you to plan for the future, but live in the now. I'm sad that my friends missed out on so many life events, and I think I am way more appreciative of all that I am and have due to such early losses.