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Plan in Advance for Euthanasia
Let’s face it, no one wants to make the decision to euthanize their pet, however, if you can make a plan for it ahead of time, the overall experience will be a more positive one for both you and your...
View ArticleYour letters to the editor, March 5: The assisted dying debate
Speak to doctors who see children suffer Re: Why suffering children need the right to die, March 3. I read Stuart Chambers’ op-ed with great interest but some reservation. He presents a rational,...
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Some Days, My Job Sucks
Please read this heartfelt and emotional account of a funeral director’s heart. #thefuneralcommander A Simple, Village Undertaker Today was a tough day. I cried at work and it has been a while since...
View ArticleOn Waiting
March 12 I came home from driving my son to school one morning and went straight to the desktop downstairs to check my email. I reached out for my cell phone and called David to ask him about the kid...
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Questions about fear of death
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS Readers’ questions to a near-death experiencer at BeyondtheVeil.net Chapter Two Fear of Death *Afraid I will never see him again *What’s wrong with me?...
View ArticleHow to Start a Death Cafe with Betsy Trapasso
https://lessonsfromdying.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/podcasttrapasso.mp3 Learn all about the rapidly growing, grassroots movement of the Death Cafe from Betsy Trapasso who has been hosting cafes in Los...
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What I am Most Afraid of...
What I’m most afraid of… My greatest fear is death. This is a worry that has plagued me since my teens. One that I can’t escape and is a huge culprit to my high anxiety level. Each and every day I’m...
View ArticleVerse - Healthy as a Horse
Profs have found that it helps cancer’s pain To take puffs of that old Mary Jane, And our State says it’s great, Docs write scrips for our trips, But what cancer symptoms can I feign? Steve Shoemaker,...
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WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR
When Breath Becomes Air is among the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. Though it was published in the early weeks of 2016, its author, neurosurgeon Paul Kalathani, died almost exactly a year ago,...
View ArticleCollecting dreams on death, dying
I have decided to finally slowly start my research and writing on Death Dreams during 2016. I am cur
View ArticlePanel at University of Alberta grapples with doctor-assisted death
The provincial government has to get moving on policies surrounding assisted suicide or be happy with what the federal government decides, says a University of Alberta legal expert. The Supreme Court...
View ArticleThings you may have missed in the budget small print | The Guardian | Vox...
NHS and Treasury deadlocked over budget increase before spending review Source: Things you may have missed in the budget small print | The Guardian | Vox Political
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Slowing Down
Photo Life is fast. It end in the blink of an eye. So, the question is, what are you doing? How are you living? We live in a fast paced culture. It seems impossible to slow down. We live in a...
View ArticleMortui Vivos Docent
You know, how some places leave a lasting impression etched somewhere in your person, and gives you a whole different perspective to life when you least expect it. A visit to the Judicial Medical...
View ArticleStudents, parents and staff mourn death of student at Kirkland school
In the wake of a death on school premises, officials at Kuper Academy in Kirkland have sent a note to parents saying a police investigation ruled out any bullying as leading up to Thursday’s death of a...
View ArticleDear Tom, yesterday my oldest cousin died
of cancer. Dear Char, you were already in college when I was born. And although I didn’t know you well, I was close with your mother, your grandmother, and your younger brother took me under his...
View ArticleThe last word . . .
SkatingThru2012 was an experiment designed to last about two years — from November 10, 2010 un
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Thoughts on Euthanasia from a Former CNA
The Hemlock Society, or as they prefer to be known now, Compassion & Choices (what a disgusting euphemism) wants their pet issue of euthanasia to be spoken about at candidates’ town halls and are...
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Kicking the bucket, while fulfilling your bucket list!
So what happens if you or a loved one kick the bucket while fulfilling the bucket list? Every day people leave home to go on their dream vacation. For some this may be a cruise, for others it may be a...
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