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Month: May 2018

Philip Roth’s Death and His Thoughts on Mortality

May 23, 2018 pfrancis417

When Phillip Roth talked about the death of his friend, Saul Bellow, he said “A great man has died.  There…

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Posted in: Art, Philosophy

When Doctors Honor the Priorities of their Patients Based on Their Own Life Experiences

May 15, 2018 pfrancis417

There was a touching piece in The New York Times recently with a doctor describing how he would do whatever it took…

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Posted in: Living Well to Die in Peace, Treatment at End of Life

What to Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter

May 14, 2018 pfrancis417

If you know me well, you “know” about my mom: brilliant, wise, talented, gracious, beautiful, and kind.  She’s the most…

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Learning about Death from Coco and Día de Muertos

May 9, 2018 pfrancis417

“The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican,…

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Posted in: Art, Learning from Different Cultures, Living after Loved One Dies

Tradition of the Irish Wake: Keening, Rippling, Bridging

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We can learn so much from other cultures about ways to grieve.  In a poignant short film “And Irish Wake”…

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Posted in: Grief, Learning from Different Cultures, Uncategorized

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