You think you know how you’ll feel, but you don’t. When someone close to you dies, sometimes you react differently than expected. When my father passed last Sunday, I was ready to feel one way. But surprisingly, five unexpected emotions tugged at me. Happiness for him – My 82 year-old father was released from an […]
You walk the halls with other dazed-looking family members and wonder what brought you to this strange facility called hospice. It’s a place of intersections. On one hand, it’s the world of the living –busy and bustling with plans and schedules. On the other,it’s the world of the dying, the silent, unknowable spirit world. Here are […]
I lost two friends recently, one after a year long illness and the other out of the blue, a sudden, tragic accident. My friend who died this week from illness was in his seventies, big and tall with curly gray hair. He loved good food and wine and was a great host. Many times I’d watch him […]
(Full disclosure: My husband Randy rolled his eyes so much at this post, I almost didn’t run it. However times– and deadlines — being what they are, I decided to go for it.) A few weeks ago I made the mistake of watching “Long Island Medium.” Oh my God. Never again. I’m just not good with […]
I was twenty-one and sobbed after reading Thornton Wilder’s play, Our Town. It’s about Emily, a young woman who dies in childbirth and is allowed to go back and relive one day of her life. She chooses her twelfth birthday. Her fellow dead citizens in the town’s cemetery warn her not to go. It’s never […]
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