Until it’s time to go. Continue reading →

This woman dreams of dying. Continue reading →

Imagine you were in terrible pain and you were dying. How would you choose to die? Continue reading →

Not today. Continue reading →

The End-of-Life Handbook recommends using ritual to create meaning. Continue reading →

The priest held both of my hands in his and spoke the wisdom of the ages Continue reading →

Sitting in those pews transports me back through my memories. Continue reading →

Inside every old person is a young person who doesn’t really understand that he’s old now. Continue reading →

It’s an awful song. I mean, it starts off well enough. Happy birthday to you. It gets straight to the point and you know what the song is going to be about right there in the first couple of words. … Continue reading →

PJ O’Rourke has cancer. And he laughs in its face. I looked death in the face. All right, I didn’t. I glimpsed him in a crowd. I’ve been diagnosed with cancer, of a very treatable kind. I’m told I have … Continue reading →