You'll Both Be The Better For It
Have you ever thought about our tendencies, those built-in reactions we have to the experiences we e
View ArticleSuicide researcher yearns to teach about his "soul-sucking" work
Internationally known assisted-suicide expert Russel Ogden desperately wants to be teaching again at
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The Last Time I Held You...
Twelve years ago today, I held my son for the last time. My precious boy only was with us for 22 days. I hardly held him throughout his life because he was hooked up to machines most of the time. He...
View ArticleBefore I Go by Colleen Oakley
Before I submit my review for Before I Go by Colleen Oakley, I have a dislaimer. I probably shouldn’t be reading this book right now. I just found out a dear friend has esophogeal cancer and she starts...
View ArticleA Morning After
…Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalm 30:5) There’s going to be a m
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Death of my father
On November 24, 2014 at about 4:30 a.m. my father Melvin Aron passed away. He died under the tender care of Catholic Hospice at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I believe my father’s death...
View ArticleConscious Dying: The Story of Jack
Jack and I were at the YMCA Christmas tree lot in the dark chill of a December night. His breath plumed among the pine branches as he laughed about his recent visit to the orthopedic surgeon. “During...
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The Perfect Rose.
I have been struggling lately in my writings. Well, with one piece in particular. I’m not quite sure why I have such trouble with it, yet, it’s been going on for weeks. Looking for the right words...
View ArticleAn Old Saying
Life is a good place to be with our husbands or wives, children and friends. We go day to day enjoyi
View ArticleJust Thinking
Thinking young I thought young Flying and getting it all Now older Thinking less bolder I grieve for my friend after a fall She’s a lady Who may have lived shady Now sees her final goodbyes Thinking...
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You, A Rose
You, A Rose By: Julia Stolberg You were my hero, Once upon a time, You were my Prince. How did I know You were a Rose, With fragrance so fine, and had thorns that would Tare this heart of mine. You...
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Dark Aphorisms
[The first one hit me this morning on waking, the rest followed after I wrote that one down. Nice read perhaps for northern hemisphere readers now at the low point of the year, keeping warm in their...
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Life is like a handshake
Teary eyed Life is like a handshake. A series of carefully crafted moments of reaching out, grasping, holding on, and of letting go. Moments of saying goodbye and moments of saying hello. Here I sit...
View ArticleTime to Say Goodbye
If your loved one was involved in an accident or had a heart attack and was pronounced dead at the s
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All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Theodore Finch is a teenager who is fascinated by death. On a daily basis he contemplates ways to die and what it might be like. However, every day something keeps him from actually following through....
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Open up the Floodgates
One of his officers answered, “Have some men take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their plight will be like that of all the Israelites left here—yes, they will only be like all these...
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Anything Can Be A Sign If You Want It To Be/On Grief and Grieving
I’ve been taking a while to collect my thoughts because today has been an absolutely incredible day. But yesterday was awful, so by comparison, any day is going to be an absolutely incredible day....
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Tears for Treachery
Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,” he said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of...
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I will remember, Love...
photo credit skilled-nursing There is the power of healing even when caring for the very sick and dying. Healing is a word that encompasses much — healing of the heart, soul and body. It’s...
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The Loss of My Daddy and The Beginning of My Depression
It took a long time of fighting depression but I’ve survived it. I believe depression is a state of mind and from my perspective and in my opinion, far too many medications are given to those with...
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