Monthly Archives: June 2016

The final part of life is about being alive, not about death. Source: The enemy is not death. The enemy is needless suffering

Source: Grief Healing: Explaining Stillbirth to A Toddler

Six weeks after my husband’s stem cell transplant in 2007, he drove our Subaru west on the New York State Thruway. A stocking cap covered his hairless head. I sat in the passenger seat. His jaw muscles popped … Source: The … Continue reading →

After losing her 12-year-old daughter in a tragic car accident, Lucy Hone uncovered the many lies we are told about grief and found a better way. Source: Remembering Abi: How Lucy Hone lives with the loss of her daughter

I always struggle on sunny Saturday mornings. It was a brilliantly blue-skyed September Saturday two and a half years ago, when I bounded down the stairs on the way to the gym and noticed my phone … Source: Acknowledging Our Grief Anniversaries … Continue reading →

A doctor reflects in a TEDx Talk about how he came to understand more about what the dreams and visions of the dying mean. Source: What the Dreams of the Dying Mean

The director of a memory care program wrote a poignant wish list for what she would want if she got dementia. Source: If I Got Dementia — Next Avenue

End of Life Education Materials Source: ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’ | Barbara Karnes Books, Inc. ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’, Barbara Karnes, RN