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Funeral and Burial Rituals from Around the World -- Infographic
Funeral and Burial Rituals from Around the World …in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes. — Benjamin Franklin Death is inevitable and, as Franklin states, so are taxes. Here in the...
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Legacy
Life is the incubator of the spirit. A chrysalis nurtured in the body until it is released as a butterfly in the final breath into the blue. The essence, the soul, the spirit, fluttering through...
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Ep. 81 Let's Talk About It: The Conversation Project with Dr. Jessica McCannon
Find out how The Conversation Project is helping families talk about planning ahead for the end of life. https://lessonsfromdying.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/podcasteoluconvprojected.mp3 In this...
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Book Review: A Tale for the Time Being
I think some stories are best read aloud. For me, this was one of them. I came to this conclusion before I knew that the author herself reads all her work aloud as she writes chapter to chapter. And...
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Women in History #2 - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
And we return with another Women in History section, where the focus is on the achievements of some of the great women who graced our planet. Today we’ll be speaking about Elizabeth Kubler-Ross....
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History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera. January17, 2017. Soho Teen, 304 p. ISBN: 9781616956929. Int Lvl: YA; Rdg Lvl: YA; Lexile: 820. When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a...
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The Things I Don't Talk About
This is a photo of my oldest daughter four months before her father was taken from her. I don’t talk about my kids much on here, and that’s for a reason. For, when I think about the impact that this...
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New Seasons and Sick Bowls.
I fucking hate spring. I used to love it. The joy of a new season. The green shoots. The blossom. Daffodils. New life. The last few springs have brought new life for our family, but not the one we...
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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...
View ArticleIt Runs In The Family
A humorous look at the reality of it all. For the rest of the story, go here Aging Gracefully, or no
View ArticleMark 5 -- "Desperate"
Yesterday, during our morning Bible class, one of the members called our attention to a commercial for the “Freedom From Religion Foundation.” I don’t watch a lot of TV, and what I do watch is usually...
View ArticleNew Resource for Advanced Illness; My Contribution
Jim Rosenberg is a nice guy and a good conversationalist. Jim is not one of these shoot the shit, “how’s the weather?” kind of conversationalists, but more of the Quaker, “how is it with your soul”...
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End of Care Days thoughts...from francy
End of life thoughts by francy Dickinson George was quiet with his Kirbee by his side – let your anipals be near Dear Francy; Dad has been quiet and sleeping most of the time now. He is on oxygen, high...
View ArticleA Prayer to Black Bile
A humor, though not as humorous as one might hope, you sit in the shade of my liver, melancholy incubating in your bitter sack. You taketh away my French fries and my mayonnaise. When I sin against you...
View ArticleEndurance
Last night, Katie and I sat down to watch Life in a Day, a documentary about four amazing women competing in the 2016 running of the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. Within minutes of the opening...
View ArticleI Celebrated a Birthday, But Failed to Save a Life.
Have you ever taken a mouth-to-mouth resuscitation class? I took one for a babysitting badge when I
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Vale, Tony, my precious friend
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand...
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Thank You, Dr. Charles French
I posted on my blog yesterday, “A Gift of Charlotte’s Web.” As I scrolled down to print a hard copy (yes, I have a hard copy of every blog post- it’s wonderful), I looked at the three suggested...
View ArticleWhy don't funeral directors offer chaplain services?
Whether they deserve the criticism or not, funeral directors and funeral homes sometimes get some ve
View ArticleMemoirs of Domino (part 3): Domino rejoins the stars
You may have noticed that I never finished Domino’s story (see part 1 and part 2 here). Part o
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