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  • Thinking About Dying: Conversation with an End of Life Doula
    CategoriesThinking About Dying

    Thinking About Dying: Conversation with an End of Life Doula

    Posted onFebruary 24, 2019April 15, 2019

    You 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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    By Cherie R. Blazer
  • Final Arrangements: An Important Conversation
    CategoriesThinking About Dying

    Final Arrangements: An Important Conversation

    Posted onAugust 19, 2018September 9, 2018

    It’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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    By Susan Campbell
  • Thinking About Dying: Resources
    CategoriesThinking About Dying

    Thinking About Dying: Resources

    Posted onMarch 4, 2018March 26, 2019

    A 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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    By Cherie R. Blazer
  • Thinking About Dying: The Conversation
    CategoriesThinking About Dying · This Boomer's Life

    Thinking About Dying: The Conversation

    Posted onApril 3, 2017February 9, 2018

    Recently, 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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    By Cherie R. Blazer
  • Thinking About Dying – Death Café, Part One
    CategoriesThinking About Dying · This Boomer's Life

    Thinking About Dying – Death Café, Part One

    Posted onOctober 19, 2016March 19, 2018

    Some 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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    By Cherie R. Blazer
  • Getting old ain’t for…
    CategoriesThe Pleasure of Life

    Getting old ain’t for…

    Posted onMarch 4, 2016November 11, 2017

    I’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…

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    By Chuck Hansen
  • The Aging Veteran
    CategoriesTo Your Health & Sanity

    The Aging Veteran

    Posted onNovember 23, 2015May 29, 2017

    To 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

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    By Fred Bailey
  • Thinking About Dying, Part 2
    CategoriesThinking About Dying · This Boomer's Life

    Thinking About Dying, Part 2

    Posted onNovember 14, 2014February 9, 2018

    As 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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    By Cherie R. Blazer
  • Thinking About Dying, Part 1
    CategoriesThinking About Dying · This Boomer's Life

    Thinking About Dying, Part 1

    Posted onNovember 11, 2014February 9, 2018

    I’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

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    By Cherie R. Blazer
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