Patience & Fortitude

Death Cafe: talking about death

One of the greatest traumas I dealt with before, during and after the deaths of my parents, was my complete lack of genuine understanding of what was happening to me. I knew what was happening on an intellectual level, and even on an emotional one (however hard I...

Caretaking is Surreal

A friend recently wrote in her journal about having to take time off to be a temporary caretaker for her partner, who had not-minor surgery on his shoulder. I sympathized with her experiences, but she was careful to point out that the few weeks she spent caretaking in...