How to offer a "good death" across cultures
Dying is not for the faint of heart. It is the existential moment of truth, forcing us to face what
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That's My Dad - Dead or Alive
I’ll never know, really, if it was a premonition or his spirit coming to me when he passed. This is because I can’t for the life of me (no pun intended) remember what day it happened—the vision, that...
View ArticleDon't Look
~~~ You can always find something you could have done better or failed to do. It is easy to find neg
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One cremation and a wedding
For some reason it feels very English to have one cremation and one wedding to go to-back to back. Tomorrow is the cremation, Friday is the memorial, and on the following Friday there is a big family...
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Grief and the Holidays
With the holiday season fast approaching, there comes a sense of sadness for those who are grieving. We see everyone else celebrating, going to parties, and focusing on the material aspect of gift...
View ArticleHuman nature: it's under our control
Several years ago I took a class with the ominous sounding title, Death and Dying. That was a topic
View ArticleMy Magic Wand
When I was in active Pediatrics practice, anxious parents used to ask me all the time, “When will this get better? Will it get worse? Can you make it go away?” This, usually in reference to some...
View ArticleMom
Mom She lays quietly in her bed Not a peep…. Drifting in and out of an unknown place That we can only know as sleep Her misshapen, gnarled hands move, Slowly exploring Her chin, her nose, her ear, her...
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WINDOW SHOPPING
In the ‘90s, after my son, Sky, died in a motorcycle accident, while I was in the depths of my worse dreaminess, I began to order as many catalogs as I could. At least thirty mail order catalogues...
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Artful Departure
Halloween. I don’t get the fascination. ” Christmas ” lights in purple and orange, tacky decorations and even tackier costumes all based on the annual preoccupation with death and dying and all things...
View ArticleA Key to Good Memories
Every relationship begins with a hello…every relationship ends with a goodbye. Our interactions with
View ArticleWhen Words Are Hard to Believe
When you think about the alphabet, you have all these combinations that come together to form beautiful phrases that slip from your mouth and crash or collide or brush or melt or linger in someone’s...
View ArticleFading Memories
~~~ Memory fading through the years, A time, a place, a family dear. Long ago, their voices heard, S
View Article"Our Angels Await, Stories of Love from Beyond" - Book Trailer
“Our Angels Await, Stories of Love from Beyond” by Lora C Mercado True stories collected from people across the globe who have had signs from their loved ones after they passed away. Available on...
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The Good Word for Nov 2nd
For the complete Sunday readings click here. One time flying back from a Mexico mission trip, we were an hour late getting into Atlanta, and our connecting flight to Minneapolis was supposed to take...
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The End: A Creative Way To Approach Death
To help me prepare for this final journey, I wrote a book called The End: A Creative Approach to Death. The first part of this book helped me be clear about what is involved in approaching death....
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CDC: Leading Causes of Death
Happy Halloween! We thought this article appropriate for the occasion. This is an excerpt from the following article: CDC National Health Report: Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality and...
View Article(Essay) Aspects of Women's Spirituality in Tending to the Dying by Leslene...
My book Midwifing Death: Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother can be bought on my website: ww
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Balancing the Wheel of Self
How many times in one life, or in a thousand lifetimes do we live, and die and rebirth? Sometimes I awake like a baby bird, tentatively exploring the world with ‘new’ eyes. The world around me fragile...
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Happy Birthday Brittany Maynard
Welcome to a new beginning. I can’t express how happy I am that you’re still here with us. I’m glad you decided to fight. When I first heard about your decision to end your life, I was outraged. And I...
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