Ebbie, whenever I hear the phrase 'silver cord' from now on, I will think of it as 'silver chord'.

I've heard a lot of people, including my Mum say that when they've seen dead bodies the person is 'not there'.

Yes Bee, it may be the absence of all the continual movements such as breath and blood. Certainly as I looked at the dead cow trying to work out why it was so obviously dead, it was the total stillness that was noticeable. I guess however still a live thing is, it is never completely still really

Love Lynne