Ep. 58 Why Some Doctors Struggle With the End of Life
https://lessonsfromdying.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/podcasteolustruggleed.mp3 Click here to read the companion blog on Huffington Post. In this episode Dr. Karen Wyatt discusses the fact that...
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My Guy - A Tribute to my late Husband
Scott and I were two children pretending to be adults when we met. The sense of relief we felt upon meeting one another was instant. We recognized something familiar in the other, and from...
View ArticleIf only we treated our parents like our pets - Death, Dying, and Dignity in...
Otis was our first baby. He was covered in a caramel colored fur, weighed 150 pounds and was the bes
View ArticleA gentle pastor faces death
Next Monday five old friends will visit Steve Shoemaker at the rehab center in Champaign-Urbana. Steve’s humor remains in top form despite the cancer that has limited his mobility and chunk the weight...
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My Guy - A Tribute to my late Husband
Scott and I were two children pretending to be adults when we met. The sense of relief we felt upon meeting one another was instant. We recognized something familiar in the other, and from...
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A History of the Universe
Paint Palette/ A History of the Universe © 2016 Hope at paperheartdreams “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” -Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Want to save an Unknown Life?
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill Save an Unknown Life? Imagine someone you love is dying. You watch them fade and weaken. After a time you’d do...
View ArticleTime is what we have
“What is time?” asked the 11 year-old son of his father. Finally, the father, who was supposed to know about such things, offered the briefest of answers. “Time is what we have.” The answer begged...
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About 200 Canadians have had medically assisted suicides since law passed but...
TORONTO — About 200 Canadians have received help killing themselves since legislation authorizing medically assisted suicide came into force in June, new figures obtained by The Canadian Press show,...
View ArticleNo Pity for Princesses
Synchronicity. Meaningful coincidences. There are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason. There is a bigger plan. We tell ourselves the events occurring in our lives are connected by meaning....
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What the Bible Teaches On Death and Dying (Part 1 of 3)
God worked in my Dad’s heart; just look at this note that he wrote to himself! Recently my Dad passed away. He was 89.What a wonderful man, who loved God. He finally succumbed to the aging process,...
View ArticleLingering on the Edge of His Father’s Long Shadow
The death of the Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff pushed his son, Jordi, to drive himself to distract
View ArticleLingering on the Edge of His Father’s Long Shadow
The death of the Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff pushed his son, Jordi, to drive himself to distract
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Aunt Gert
My Aunt Gert died on October 6, 19 days shy of her 95th birthday. Gert was a legend in her own time, propelled by looniness that was the fodder for endless jokes between myself and my kids, as well...
View ArticleDutch lessons: Dr. Gerrit Kimsma on 'a good death' in the Netherlands
Dr. Gerrit Kimsma has been thinking about assisted dying since he was a student of medicine and philosophy in the late 1960s. The Dutch physician and associate professor of medical ethics first...
View ArticleSteve Shoemaker at Peace
With deep sadness but with great thanksgiving for his life and friendship, we share Steve’s CaringBridge post for readers of Views from the Edge: Daddy died last night on October 10th, the anniversary...
View ArticleA Lesson In Humility
Home from a long day of work, you pass your roommates quietly and retreat to your room without of word. They greet you, but all you can do is nod in their direction. Your room, your solitude, your...
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Texts and Tears
The last meme I that I texted to Scott: It was my signature move. The scene would go like this: I hug him whether he wants it or not. He grumbles a bit before letting out a nervous laugh; ultimately,...
View ArticleAll lives matter.
What is in a day? Plenty? Very little? Maybe a bit more than very little? Most of us are preoccupied
View ArticleCrossing Bridges
This past week my cousins have formed a bridge for my beloved Aunt Ruth to cross when she is ready,
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