When Phillip Roth talked about the death of his friend, Saul Bellow, he said “A great man has died. There…
There was a touching piece in The New York Times recently with a doctor describing how he would do whatever it took…
If you know me well, you “know” about my mom: brilliant, wise, talented, gracious, beautiful, and kind. She’s the most…
“The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican,…
We can learn so much from other cultures about ways to grieve. In a poignant short film “And Irish Wake”…
Lynn Randolph, an artist in residence on the palliative care floor of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center…
Christina Tollman saw her grandmother, Margaret Hubl, carefully construct and stitch many quilts over the years. When Margaret died, the…
Lying on my yoga mat yesterday, I felt tears rolling down my temples. It was time for relaxation in shavasana,…
To hear a variety of perspectives on death, it’s worth watching Helen Whitney’s “Into the Night: Portraits of Life and…
In a talk with the book group, A Year of Reading Dangerously, Katy Butler (author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door) mentioned…