“As far as I’m concerned, I’ve told my children — four daughters — that when I die, I really do die. I don’t pass, or pass on, or transition, or metamorphose, or anything like that. If my children and those they deal with are unable to use words like ‘die’ and ‘death,’ they have my permission instead to say, “He left in search of better job opportunities.” Nicholas Clifford, quoted in A Way with Words (Oct. 31, 2014) http://www.waywordradio.o...
