Browsing tag : dying
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Thinking About Dying: Conversation with an End of Life Doula
Posted onYou would think that talking about dying would be troubling and difficult. In reality, the conversations I have had lately are comforting and enlightening. In previous posts I … Read more Thinking About Dying: Conversation with an End of Life Doula
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Final Arrangements: An Important Conversation
Posted onIt’s a cold Tuesday morning in February. A husband lost his wife the day before. He sits in an arrangements room at a local funeral home with his … Read more Final Arrangements: An Important Conversation
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Thinking About Dying: Resources
Posted onA few years ago I attended my first Death Café and wrote a blog about it: Thinking About Dying – Death Café, Part One. Since then I have attended … Read more Thinking About Dying: Resources
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Thinking About Dying: The Conversation
Posted onRecently, I’ve been thinking a lot about dying. I’ve also been pondering how to die. I hope you won’t find this subject too off-putting or macabre. The thing … Read more Thinking About Dying: The Conversation
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Thinking About Dying – Death Café, Part One
Posted onSome time ago I saw a newspaper article with the headline “Death Café,” and I was both intrigued and bit repelled. What could that be? A few months … Read more Thinking About Dying – Death Café, Part One
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Getting old ain’t for…
Posted onI’m beginning to realize that when senior citizens say “getting old ain’t for wimps,” they are using the word “wimps” in place of a more colorful term. Seriously, … Read more Getting old ain’t for…
By Chuck Hansen
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The Aging Veteran
Posted onTo our great surprise, sometimes, we veterans grow old, too. Most of us haven’t been able to fit into our former uniforms, but that hasn’t really been much … Read more The Aging Veteran
By Fred Bailey
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Thinking About Dying, Part 2
Posted onAs we face the realities of getting older and dying on our own terms, and not leaving terribly difficult decisions to our only child, my husband and I … Read more Thinking About Dying, Part 2
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Thinking About Dying, Part 1
Posted onI’ve been thinking more about dying. I’m not trying to be morbid or depressing, but at a certain point in time, it becomes quite clear you aren’t going … Read more Thinking About Dying, Part 1
