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'No repercussions' for Quebec assisted-dying law under new Liberal...
Canada’s newly minted Liberal government is unlikely to challenge a Quebec law allowing terminally ill patients to end their life with a doctor’s help months before the federal ban on medically...
View ArticleAbout “Last Comforts: Notes From the Forefront of Late-Life Care” Did you know that November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month? It is, thanks to the efforts of the National Hospice and...
View ArticleDeath Cafe in Durango
Last night I attended Death Cafe in Durango because I have a new friend and thought it would be an i
View ArticleWhen Is Enough Enough?
I lived with my father as he slowly died in increasingly excruciating pain over years and years. When my mother was home, she forbid him to say, “I hurt,” and she withheld his pain medication “because...
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My First Heartbreak As A Student Nurse
About 8 months into nursing school we had our first clinical rotation In the emergency room. It was myself and 2 other students, we were placed with our own nurses and shadowed the nurse. We spent the...
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Or, the Unlikely Relationship in Loss)
Next week will mark the 10th anniversary of the release of Shadow the Hedgehog, a spin-off game of the Sonic the Hedgehog series that focuses on Sonic’s dark counterpart Shadow, who after the events of...
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Me and Sarah and the movie about the dying girl
Photo from issuemagazine.com Sometime this summer, I made the conscious and sober — though somewhat hungover — decision to go see “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” alone. To schlep to Atlantic Avenue in...
View ArticleWords That Are Helping
I lost a great companion last night, my cat Ms. T (A.K.A. Misty Creature) and haven’t been able to sleep since. I found these words, or perhaps they found me, for I wasn’t looking for words. How could...
View ArticleEstate Planning: Are You Leaving Behind Heartache or Happiness? with Lisa...
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View ArticleLove Is Saying Yes To What Is
I think one day I may get this phrase tattooed on my face so I can digest its meaning daily. Curious, It makes me think of a word I don’t often get the same kind of warm fuzzies when I think of:...
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Ordinary people, Socrates, and the Psalmist
Last Sunday was my first experience with the Adult Forum at Trinity Episcopal Church. It was a brainstorming session for the church’s adult faith formation program. A woman introduced herself as “the...
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Wake Up!
I have honored the place of synchronicity in my life for a very long time. Five years ago my explanation of Carl Jung’s theory was met with incomprehension, so I gave my companion the example of...
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נovember /pez muerto/13
11/11: Make a Wish Happy Birthday Kurt Vonnegut jr.! If you haven’t already, you should check out American author Kurt Vonnegut. Some books (he writes novels) of his I like better than others, but I...
View ArticleBBC - Future - Why we should stop worrying about our wandering minds
“Default mode network– the areas of the brain which remain active while we are apparently idle.” via
View ArticleNovember's Singuilar Brilliance
The Burr Oaks are bare now. A solitary hackberry, much like a petulant younger sibling, vies for our attention from the kitchen window. It is no match for the sentinel oaks’ black knurled limbs cutting...
View ArticleDeath Midwifery and Bedside Singing with Pashta Marymoom
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View ArticleThe horrors of the world
As I’m writing this the world has been faced with so much tragedy, including the terror attacks in France. As of the time of this writing 129 people have been confirmed dead, and this is only what is...
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Grave Dwellers
I have often admired people who make regular visits to the cemetery and spend time with loved ones there. I recognize the peace this brings, the healing from loss. I have, however, never felt...
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Surrendering to the Rhythm of Grief
Surrendering to the Rhythm of Grief It has been almost seven months since Mom died. I don’t cry much anymore. I still miss her, but most days I feel more comfort from the astonishing ways she reveals...
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FOR ALL TIME AND BEYOND TIME
The phrases still echo in my ears and rattle around my brain. After innumerable dozy hours of class time, my hand mechanically raising and lowering to answer questions for perfunctory pats on the head,...
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