“For both of my parents, death came unobstructed,” Rapport writes simply. “This is what all of us wish to have happen: to run up to the edge and fall over.” He concludes, lyrically, “In the end, we will die not only because we have lived, but as we have lived.” Here’s the link to the article: http://www.theamericanscholar.org/to-die-of-having-lived/