Buried with a tree
Simple things, you might imagine, a tree. You see them everywhere, pass them on your way to and from
View ArticleTalking Into The Night
Excerpt from Tally: An Intuitive Life PJ was in the kitchen wrapped in a blanket with the oven on, heat blasting from its door. This room was warm, but the radiators couldn’t heat the large front room...
View ArticleA Box on the Porch
A box on the porch…within a family’s memory. “Would you make four memory bears from this clothing? H
View ArticleSaying Goodbye
Grief Is Like An OceanImage from the Web We said goodbye to an incredibly special man last week, a m
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Birthdays and Anxiety
My son’s 12th birthday is approaching in less than two weeks. I have already started feeling anxious, as I do every year. It hits me like a ton of bricks. People may think these monumental days would...
View ArticleChristmas Rush
Christmas is an exciting time of year and a bitter-sweet time as well for the families the memory be
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Rain on Dead Plants
http://pitts.emory.edu/woodcuts/1700MartAV1/00028885.jpg The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the Lord between David and Jonathan son of Saul. But...
View ArticleThis Time of Year
The Christmas Season is considered to be the best time of year. For many, it is a time of spiritual
View ArticleHave you told someone your end of life wishes? It's not enough
“Hoping for a Good Death” is a dead-on, well-written piece by a medical ethicist about the death of her father. If she struggled with the implications of not having an advanced directive, why is it any...
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The Mask
I wear the mask. I never wanted this mask, but I put it on every day. The mask makes them comfortable. God forbid if they see my true pain. At home I take it off. The tears fall freely. I put it on...
View ArticleTo Walk in Their Shoes
To understand one’s grief is to know their loss. To know their loss is to walk in their shoes. To wa
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The weird thing about grief
My cell phone rang while I was making a special lunch for my son’s birthday on Tuesday. I almost never get calls and almost never in the middle of the day, and when I saw that it was my mom, I just...
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A Dream of Dying
Photo courtesy of the PCC Courier/Daniel Vega-Warholy I open my eyes to darkness. My dream clings to me. I can feel it, the emotion still running in my veins. It is the first dream I have had in a long...
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Riding on Rain Clouds
The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry. Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of...
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Worms or Stars
Written November 21, 2014 It is commonly said that “The early bird gets the worm.” Yet I like to say that the night owl gets to shoot for the stars. I would rather the stars than the worm any day and...
View ArticleReflections on Death and Dying: On the Importance of End-of-Life Conversations
End of life decision making is hard. End of life conversations are hard. They require, among other things, acknowledgement of the inevitability of death. In American culture, we are often not...
View ArticleFinally the tears have come...
I went to see the film: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING this afternoon and thank goodness I decided to go by myself. Who knew that I would be so affected by this story (although in hindsight I guess it might...
View ArticleEmbrace It
Without change, there would be no butterflies and without movement, water would stagnate. Life is co
View ArticleDay 1: Dance Section
Dance Section Three hours pass and the bookstore aisles wait with me. The books take turns holding my hand while I kill time. Waiting for the court to call, to tell me my mother’s death is certified....
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Coyne: Where do you draw the line in the case for legalizing euthanasia
The case for assisted suicide and euthanasia, at least as it has been presented, is that we may freely dispense with certain moral distinctions, once considered of some importance — between killing...
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