Right-to-die advocate's video out after death
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly three weeks after her death, on what would have been her 30th birthday, Brittany Maynard returned to the national spotlight on Wednesday in a video in which she urges...
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Two Celebrations (featuring Guest Author, Steve)
Today there were two expectant parents awaiting the arrival of their son. They both longed to see him. They have three other children and this will be the last. It will complete the family. What a...
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Dead Things
It’s good to really look at dead things. To open oneself to a meditation on the destruction and ultimately the transformation of life. What we fear most, when examined closely, is just one more...
View ArticleWithout Regret
So often, it is heard that the death was not expected. A sudden attack, an accident, etc. can bring
View ArticleLife Lessons
This week has been hard. I’ve been holding onto my sobriety with a tight grip, knowing that drinking won’t do anything good, but desiring the fade out and numbing of my feelings that drinking would...
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Poem: To My Avatar on Earth...
Illustration from my book ” Letters to My Son“ To My Avatar on Earth… Weep for yourselves Please weep not for me I may have died But I am also free No limits, no laments it is all so okay this life is...
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New Publication: "At Fifty"
In this season of gratitude, I’m thankful for the editors, designers, publishers, and others who labor at making books. Reading and writing are what sustain me. You sustain me. Thank you to Mark...
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Gentlenesses
i dug a hole and place the small bundle in. “Open the gate! “ had been the cry- “Come quick!” and there, clasped ever so gently to his breast, nestled in his garden gloved hands, was a small finch. “He...
View ArticleIt’s Your Grief
Countless books have been written about grieving. The answers to when, how, how long, etc. can be re
View ArticleCanada's right to die debate: a timeline
1993 September: The Supreme Court of Canada, in a 5-4 ruling, dismisses an appeal by ALS patient Sue Rodriguez, who challenged the validity of the Criminal Code prohibition on assisted suicide 1994...
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Let's Talk About Death
A new report called Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life was issued in September by the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National...
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Poem: To My Avatar on Earth...
Illustration from my book ” Letters to My Son“ To My Avatar on Earth… Weep for yourselves Please weep not for me I may have died But I am also free No limits, no laments it is all so okay this life is...
View ArticleHe Was Afraid to Die
All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And i
View ArticleHow My Father Outlived Death
In case any of you are new to BPFL, or happened to miss it, my father died on October 2nd. It was an expected event, as I will explain; and although I miss him, I am glad his long suffering is over....
View ArticleGoin' "Pro-Life" at Mass (Not that Kind)
Since I’ve been living at home with my parents, and especially since I’ve stopped using mind-altering substances we’ll call them, I attend Catholic Mass basically on a weekly basis with them. The...
View ArticleA Better Season
~ Winter’s Lament Leaves blown by the chilling northern wind rustle along the brown grass of winter.
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Welcome new guest blogger, Jane Daly!
Jane Daly I would like to personally welcome our new guest poster, Jane Daly! Christian Author & Columnist Jane’s first publishing success was when she was eight years old. She won a story contest...
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"My Father's Hands"
MY FATHER’S HANDS by Jane S. Daly – November 22, 2014 “Hold it still, Chickie.” My dad’s hands wrapped around mine, gripped white-knuckled on the soldering gun. At eight years old, I could barely...
View ArticleThe Illegal Drug That Could Help Ease Anxiety About Death - Waking Times
ecstacy-04April M. Short, AlterNet Waking Times A new study looks at MDMA for treating anxiety relat
View ArticleEtchings of Our Memories
I miss those days of yesterday, Those bygone days that used to be. The friends I knew so long ago, A
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