81-year-old
retired matron, Mrs. Florence Fashola, has done something many senior
citizens will dare not do. In preparation for her death, she has dug her
grave and sewn a shroud. In this interview, she gives her reasons for
doing so.
Do you think many people are dying young these days than in the old days?
Yes, of course. The problem is that young people are no longer doing
what we did in those days. They no longer live the way we lived and eat
the way we ate. For example, our parents never ate pepper milled with
machines. They never put seasonings in their soup. They ate fresh fruits
and fresh meat and fish. My mother never did before she died. She would
not eat any soup if the ingredients were not milled on a stone. People
eat too many packaged things nowadays. The luxury in which people live
nowadays contributes to early death. But that does not mean I am not
prepared for death. I have been ready since I clocked 70.
But many old people are afraid of death. Why are you not?
