As an older mother, I sense that my role has morphed into something like a reverse mortgage. I’ve put in nearly eighteen years of equity… Read More »The Last Time

Do previously deceased friends and family meet us when we die? My mother was a scientist. She was born in 1926 and grew up in… Read More »crossword Puzzles

written by three friends, each contemplating their mortality. Thank you Mare, Nancy, and Austin standing on the edge peering through scrutinizing eyesbarely recognizing theenormity of… Read More »Three poems…

Imagine your beloved life partner is suddenly diagnosed with a terminal illness. Treatments fail, and you are unprepared to face the process of their dying.… Read More »A More Compassionate Direction: An Interview with Dr. William Gooch

There are times in life when the highest honor, the greatest love is paid to another by simply bearing witness to his or her experience.… Read More »The Power of Bearing Witness

This is what my cousin Jim says over the phone after announcing the obscene-sounding name of his terminal diagnosis—progressive bulbar palsy (PBP)—a form of ALS… Read More »No Passport Needed…

Erica on Being in Hospice Care Erica Chase-Salerno was a journalist, a wife and mother of two, and an indefatigable spirit. Diagnosed with Stage IV… Read More »Is this it, I wonder?

Recently, I presented a mini-talk about writing memoir at a Death Café. The event was held at an assisted living complex, so I knew that… Read More »Writing your story…