On Death & Dying
Dr. Ross takes us on an adventure with many research and interviews, opening our eyes to the world where, let’s be frank, most of us do not wish to think about, let alone deal with. What can you do or...
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Moving towards the light
In late 2014, I got a call from a lady who had heard from her former neighbour that I did house calls. The lady told me that her husband had suffered a stroke about a year and half ago, and was...
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He Sent Me Home to Paint
[This post was published briefly months ago so may be familiar to my followers. It has been rewritten and edited] There was sweetness in the sorrow I felt when my memory took me back to the day my...
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As My Grandmother Lays Dying
My 93 year old grandmother was placed on hospice care this week. Her daughters and grandchildren are rallying around her, trying to provide her, and ourselves, with comfort during her final days. She...
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my "lucky" day: experiencing the torajan burial celebrations
“you’re lucky because there’s a burial of someone high-born this week,” erwin said to me. and everyone in town knows about this event, so i thought “damn i am lucky!” but yeah, i wasn’t really prepared...
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How to die well | Johannes Klabbers
Lack of faith is no impediment to a decent death or to helping another through theirs, says Johannes Klabbers In the secular age you dont need special authorisation to console a dying person. Just...
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Eat Your Pie
During the past two weeks since I watched my father take his last breath, I have been powered by the frantic metronome beat of Live-Now-Faster. I have thrown myself back into work, political outrage,...
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Chapter 11: Mr. Svelte (excerpt)
“My Father’s Greatest Gift: Life Lessons from a Black English Labrador Retriever” Bootcamp has been very challenging for me as I am ALWAYS hungry and get very tired on my walks uphill. After my daily...
View ArticleA Rainy Day Analogy
Northern CA. has been getting pounded with weather this past month, and if the truth be told, I’m on
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“My Father’s Greatest Gift: Life Lessons from a Black English Labrador Retriever” My Father’s Greatest Gift Ah, Doghead here. Hope you enjoyed hearing about what my mission was while I was here. Just...
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Quotes From Literature
http://www.gallerydir.com/art-web/ARTIST/data/Artist_Name/Judy_Somerville/ImageID/906 “No weeping, child. You’ll miss me and you’ll be sad for a while, but there’s no tragedy in the death of an old...
View ArticleMy mother is a poem
My mother, Meg, is 82 and the age itself conjures images of white hair, stooped posture, decrepitude, and yet she defies all of this with her beautiful, generous presence in so many of our lives. She...
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The Only One-Titted Widow in the Village.
Today is World Cancer Day, apparently. A day to raise awareness, though some of us are painfully aware already, thank you very much. I agree with it, in principle. Read their literature and educate...
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The Ring
Hey! Remember that movie “The Ring”? With that creepy girl that crawls out of the TV? Did you know that it’s a serious work of existentialism that builds upon the legacy of Samuel Beckett? No? Do you...
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Ep. 76 What My Hospice Patients Wanted You to Know
What advice do hospice patients have about how we should live? https://lessonsfromdying.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/podcasteoluhospiceptsed.mp3 In this episode I’ll share some of the wisdom I...
View ArticleEmotional Check-In
I got the call on Saturday. My friend who has spent the past six months fighting unrelenting lymphoma made the decision with her doctors to stop treatment. They’re sending our girl home to die. It...
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Dr. Ross takes us on an adventure with many research and interviews, opening our eyes to the world where, let’s be frank, most of us do not wish to think about, let alone deal with. What can you do or...
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Forever is the Worst Long Time, by Camille Pagan****
Happy release day! This title is available to the public today. Seattle Book Mama “Each story is different. Every story ends with loss.” Camille Pagan is the author Life and Other Near Death...
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Freedom
Crossing Over Between two worlds you linger, waiting for freedom. Choice is everything. I feel compelled to write about the conversations and work we did with my mother-in-law Dorothy during her...
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Facebook From Beyond the Grave by J. D. BIERSDORFER
By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you find yourself getting a friend request from someone who has died, report the incident to Facebook. Published: January 24, 2017 at 02:00PM from NYT Technology...
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