Death is Overrated
I’ve not seen A for a while. I’m trying to remember the last time, and if the conversation I recall having some time ago was face to face or over the ‘phone. But late last night I got a text from...
View ArticleA Long Dying
I don’t normally post other people’s writing on this site. But this is different. Special. It’s written by my mother-in-law Maggie, about her mother. And what it says has particular resonance for...
View ArticleDreams of Yesterday
Rain falling from a graying sky Remember dreams of yesterday. Far away somewhere in time, Yet
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Canadian panel looking at assisted dying learns much from European experience
TORONTO — The head of a panel looking into legislative options to govern doctor-assisted death says a recent fact-finding tour in Europe has opened members’ eyes to the many complexities surrounding a...
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THE SPACE BETWEEN THE WORDS, Post #30
You can almost always find me up in the deep early o’clocks of the morning. The darkness at that time is thick, almost viscous. It’s paired with a friendly, companionable quiet, a middle of the night...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye
When I first went to California, I was supposed to only stay for two weeks. Two weeks in and my ex-boyfriend, keeper of my things, man of few words, decided against my “plan” which was to stay with him...
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Yom Kippur
As the sun sets today, Jewish people all over the world will don their robes of pure white. Even now they make their way to the Mikveh, the solemn bath of Living Waters that purify body and soul, in...
View ArticleTime to Grieve, to Cry, to Think and Remember
A loved one passes away and the world, for a moment seems to stop. Arrangements have to be made, pap
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Stinking Canals of Egypt
A prophecy against Egypt: See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear. “I will stir up Egyptian...
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Who Gets a Rainbow? Celebrating the Life of My Brother, Tim
17 years ago this morning, I held my 37-year-old brother close and whispered to him that it was time to go to his partner, John – and my fur babies…and to take really good care of all of them. Tim let...
View ArticleWhat Lies Ahead
“Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God.” John 5:28 I believe I make peace with he passing of my loved ones for good reason....
View ArticleThe “Goodbyes” of Life
One doesn’t get too far in life before experiencing grief. As a child, we all said a tearful goodbye
View ArticleRequesting Memory Bears
When this ministry began, my thought was for the process to be personal for both the grieving family
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Funeral Home Pre-Planning?
How is your funeral home “pre-planning?” Death is inevitable but so are shifts in the funeral marketplace, consumer behavior, the economy, and so on. Pre-planning for funerals is a tenant of the...
View ArticleWe Are All God-stuff
One of the core questions of religion has to do with what happens to us when we die. “Us” in this question isn’t our physical bodies. We know what happens to them. They decay. “Us” refers to what most...
View ArticleLongtime Calgary advocate for doctor-assisted death passes away
Some days, the pain was manageable — perhaps a four out of 10. On other days, it was an 11. That’s how Donna Delorme once described her suffering as she tried to cope with Multiple Sclerosis. “She was...
View ArticleThe Weekly Re-Motivator: Neat Little Boxes
The blarg has been populated overmuch lately with thoughts of death and of passing, and this is the
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If I let it go, they'll be gone...
I stood in the break room with my friend and coworker, Missy. “Why do you think you can’t let it go?” she asked. “Do you feel guilty about something? Or do you…” Before she could finish her sentence,...
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Lesser Vessels
The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth. But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,...
View ArticleIf There Be Any Consolation
Each morning, the sun rises; Each evening the sun sets; Each night the darkness comes; Each moment I
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