Making mistakes
This afternoon, my first niece, Ashtyn, came to visit us in the nursing home. I was holding Anthony’s hand and chatting about the Sydney conference to Ash, unaware that sleepy-looking Anthony was...
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Warts and All.
I haven’t buried my husband’s ashes yet. I still can’t bring myself to do it, although there have been some conversations with the vicar, so we’re moving forward, slowly. The other day, our son – who...
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How to Care for Your Pet After You Die
Jodi Clock snuggles with her rescue dog Dutchess who is a blind deaf Sheltie Ever wonder what happens to a pet after their owner dies? Learn how to create a pet trust or care plan through...
View ArticleOn Choosing Death
There is a man I know — a very good faith-filled man — who is choosing to die. He has been a dialysis patient for over 10 years and is not a transplant candidate. He has slowly watched the quality of...
View ArticleQuilt of Love
The source of my life is a unique individual; my mother. Whether she is the ultimate mother or less than perfect, she is the woman who gave me life, who carried the glow of my soul within her body and...
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The Afterlife
Selected by Matthew Zapruder. Published: June 23, 2017 at 05:30AM Magazine By JAMES TATE from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2rIZRE1 Follow Bakerrs on Twitter We are Brrr..eaking News Across The World....
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The Weekly Health Quiz: Pool Parasites, Death Rattle and Food as Medicine
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. Published: June 23, 2017 at 05:30AM Well By TOBY BILANOW from NYT Well http://ift.tt/2s316x0 Follow Bakerrs on Twitter We are Brrr..eaking News Across...
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A Man Called Ove
There is indeed a man called Ove. He is a crotchety old man who rules his condo tenement with fierce rigidity. He’s aged out of his job and his wife has left him (well, died, but he’s such a grump I...
View ArticleA Celebration of Life
You may have heard the story about the little boy who is ask to give his blood to his sister to save her life. He agrees, and after the transfusion begins he asks, “How long until I die?” I cry every...
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‘This Is an Intentional Slap in the Face’ to All Women
Our Top 10 Comments of the Week: Readers debate the Bill Cosby verdict, the Senate health care bill and the resignation of Uber’s C.E.O. Published: June 24, 2017 at 05:30AM Times Insider By LELA MOORE...
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Chemotherapy: The Highlights.
As I come to the end of my final cycle of chemo for breast cancer, and as the side-effects gradually start to wear off, I’d like to reflect on my personal highlights. If you’ve been there, feel free to...
View ArticleTerminal, incurable, alive.
It’s a heady mix. You have advanced cancer which is, by definition, both incurable and terminal. And yet, thanks to ‘the wonders of modern medicine’, you’re alive–aka–not dead yet. Because you...
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PRIDE: We've Been Forgotten
This is my life. This is my Pride. This is who I am. Attending Pride last Summer in our nation’s Capitol, Ottawa, when all was said and done, I wondered why I even bothered to go in the first place. I...
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Ep. 96 A Caregiver's Letter to His Dying Wife with Joe DiNardo
Learn how this caregiver coped with his wife’s illness and rose above grief to experience unconditional love. https://lessonsfromdying.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/podcasteoludinardoed.mp3 In this...
View ArticleMoments with Maxine: Last Wishes
Years ago when I worked at a hospice I had the privilege of walking many final journeys with some wonderful people. I learned so much about life and living from those dying. Never did I hear them...
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Does pain have to be felt?
For anyone who has ever read The Fault In Our Stars, they know for a book that is about two kids facing terminal cancer, it has some lessons on life. One of the quotes I have seen thrown around in...
View ArticleThe Weight
For Thomas Walter, Stephen Thomas, and Thomas Stephen, and now, Baby Fox and Baby Wilcher. I laid down in my home town, feeling the weight of the dead, fresh off the flying machine with altitude...
View ArticleI feel you
Death my old companion, It has truly been a while. I cannot say I have missed you. What I can say is I have not forgotten the lesson you have taught me when I got acquainted to Life. I have not been...
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Being Fully Alive at the End of Life
Today is the Feast Day of St. Ireneus, whose most famous statement was, ‘the Glory of God is the human being fully alive.” How does this relate to End of Life (EOL) Care? Is a fully alive human...
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Five Nights in Maine
Sherwin is reeling with the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Fiona. Out of sorts and in excruciating pain, he somehow consents to visit his estranged mother-in-law in Maine. Lucinda is also grieving...
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