Death

Farewell, Sweet Creature

Logan Lynn | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Love and Relationships, Grief, Pomeranian, Animals, Cute Animals, Pet Loss, Love, Death, Green News
Logan Lynn

My beloved teacup Pomeranian friend Dutch passed away this weekend and I wasn't there for it. The truth is, he was old and fragile. But his passing is still shocking and sudden and seemingly avoidable.

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Death: Sacred, Necessary, Real

Rev. Michael Dowd | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Science, Religion and Science, Death, Death and Dying, Religion, Death & Dying, Heaven and Hell, Afterlife, Video, Religion News
Rev. Michael Dowd

Everything we value is possible only because of death. We can no longer afford to remain ignorant of it; the cost is too high. Death is no less sacred than life.

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10 Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions

Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Inventors, Franz Reichelt, Aviation, Death, Otto Lilenthal, Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions, Science News

Inventors killed by their own inventions? It happens. You may know that Nobel-winning chemist Marie Curie died from the effects of the radioactive...

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Death: The Final Word?

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Hospice, Compassion and Choices, End of Life Choices, Death With Dignity, Dying, Hospice Care Dying, Hospice Care, Death & Dying, Hospice Care Death, Death, Healthy Living News
Robert V. Taylor

In spite of decades working with the dying and bereaved families, my familiarity with end-of-life choices, death and grief was now staring me in the face, reflecting the image of the woman who gave birth to me.

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Is God A Person?

Gadadhara Pandit Dasa | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Monotheistic, Eternal, Relationship, Soul, Krishna, Merge, Impersonalism, Vaisnava, Death, Hinduism, God, Transcendental, Spiritual, Liberation, Gaudiya Vaisnavism, Supreme, Bhagavad Gita, Brahma-Samhita, Theistic, Religion News
Gadadhara Pandit Dasa

Even though it may sound attractive or may be easier to understand that God is formless energy, as far as I'm concerned, it's not possible to exchange love with formless energy

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GRAVE SITUATION: Why Are 20 Tombstones Buried In This Man's Backyard?

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Video, Jason Blackburn, Weird Death, Weird Tennessee, Tombstone in Backyeard, Tennessee, Jack Sammons, Tombstones, Death, Weird News News

Digging up a backyard can kill your back, but finding 13 tombstones are buried there could scare someone to death. That's the grave situation that ...

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Do We See People in Persistent Vegetative States As More Dead Than Dead People?

Matthew Hutson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Brain Death, Religion, Magical Thinking, Persistent Vegetative State, Pvs, Death, Afterlife, Science News
Matthew Hutson

What do we think of people in persistent vegetative states, who can breathe but can't think? Mentally, they are dead, but since we're very aware of the body still lying there, we can't as easily imagine them as active characters in our lives.

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Make Alzheimer's End-of-Life Healthcare Decisions Long Before You Need Them

Marie Marley | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Hospice, Living Will, Dementia, Tube Feeding, Advance Directives, Power of Attorney for Healthcare, Alzheimer's, End-of-Lfe, Do Not Resusitate, Death, Fifty News
Marie Marley

The most important decision is to stop focusing on the loved one's approaching death and start figuring out everything that can be done to help them have the highest possible quality of life.

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Fighting My Mother's Cancer With Text Messages

James Sims | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Iphone, Melanoma, Women's Health, Health, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Love, Parenting Advice, Death, Texting, Healthy Living News
James Sims

"I love you. Was just thinking how hard my fight has been and how tired I am... But then I thought about you and it gives me a shot of will power to keep going."

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RIP You

James M. Lynch | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Vision, Strategy, Eulogy, Purpose, Contribution, Death, Emotional Wellbeing, Death & Dying, Life Purpose, Healthy Living News
James M. Lynch

You know we will all die, and hopefully have some sort of ceremony where loved ones and others get to say goodbye to us. But that inevitable death can make a big difference in the way we live our life today.

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They're Stealing Tax Refunds From The Dead

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Tax Fraud Identity Theft Dead, Tax Refunds Tax Fraud, Tax Fraud Tax Refunds Dead Identity Theft, Video, Tax Refunds Dead, Tax Fraud Dead Identity Theft, Tax Refunds Identity Theft Dead, Tax Refunds, Tax Fraud Tax Refunds, Identity Theft Dead Tax Refunds, Identity Theft Refunds Tax Fraud, Tax Fraud Dead Tax Refunds, Tax Fraud, Death, Money News

A number of families are losing not only their loved ones, but also their loved ones' tax refunds. Identity thieves have stolen the tax refunds of ...

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Why Dying Is Different for Doctors

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Doctors, Physicians, Dying With Dignity, Palliative Care, Death, End of Life Decisions, Health Care Decisions, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

Because of our exposure to and understanding of how people die, physicians, at least in my experience, tend to deal with death differently than those outside of the profession.

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Redefining the 5 Stages of Grief

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Acceptance, Denial, Five Stages of Grief, Depression, Anger, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Grieving Process, Grief, Death & Dying, Dealing With Grief, Dealing With Death, Bargaining, Death, Grieving, Grief Stages, Stages of Grief, Healthy Living News
Claire Bidwell Smith

Only you know what path you need to take toward healing, and whether you accomplish this using every one of the five stages, shunning books about grief or never missing a session of your bereavement group, the key will consistently be to listen to yourself.

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My Mom Passed Away -- But I've Still Become Her

The New York Times | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mothers Day 2012, Dealing With Death, Mothers Day, Mother Daughter Relationships, Mothers, Death, Daughters, Women News

Growing up, we could count on Mother's Day to broadcast whose mother was dead or alive. As we stepped into church in our scuffed Mary Janes, we'd be g...

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My Tribute to My Grandfather Is My Writing, Which Was His Gift to Me

Patrice Bendig | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Inspiration, Reflection, Grandchildren, Women Writers, Grandparents, Grandfathers, Love, Death, Remembrance, Women News
Patrice Bendig

Instead of stressing about last minute present preparation like I do for most loved ones birthdays, I'm reflecting on my grandfather's life and his continuous influence on it.

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It's Easier To Get Over The Death Of A Spouse Than Long-Term Unemployment

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Job Losses, Video, Unemployment, Job Loss, Widowhood, Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Divorce, Long-Term Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployed, Joblessness, Death, Happiness, Business News

Stay unemployed long enough, and you don't just bounce back once a job rolls around. People who have been out of work a long time tend to be unhapp...

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PHOTOS: Dealing With Grief Through Writing And Drawing

Sarah Leavitt | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Slideexpand, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's, Losing Parents, Tangles, Grief, Death, Books News
Sarah Leavitt

I've always had a really bad memory. So when my mother got Alzheimer's disease, I knew that I had to record what was happening to her and to our famil...

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8 Tips For Understanding Grief And Rediscovering Gratitude

Mind Body Green | Melissa Rousseau | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Death and Dying, Coping, Grief, Death, Dealing With Grief, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

On January 12, 2010 at 5am, after a year and a month of fighting, we lost her. My best friend, mother, and soul mate was gone from this world.    ...

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Dave Jamieson

More Workers Killed On Job In 2010, Labor Group Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: White House, House of Representatives, Workers, Workplace Deaths, Safety, Office of Management and Budget, Afl-Cio, Regulation, Mine Safety, Worker Safety, Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Death, Video, Workplace, Gop, Unions, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen U.S. workers were killed on the job each day and roughly 50,000 died from work-related diseases in 2010, a worrisome increase i...

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Woman's Unexpected Million-Dollar Legacy

Carolyn Anderson | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Self-Improvement, Marathon, Death, Legacy, Personal Legacy, Activism, Gps-Soul, Mindfulness, Personal Impact, Volunteerism, Contributions, Memories, Impact, Healthy Living News
Carolyn Anderson

Although it is a morbid exercise, I want you to think about what your obituary will read one day. What words will people use to describe you and how will you remembered?

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Buddha Doodle -- Death

Molly Hahn | Posted 05.02.2012

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Molly Hahn

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Diane Keaton On How She Wrote Her Memoir

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Video, Diane Keaton Woody Allen, Then Again, Diane Keaton Memoir, Diane Keaton, Diane Keaton Writing, Diane Keaton Mother, Loss, Family, Diane Keaton on Writing, Death, Books News

Hollywood actress Diane Keaton's memoirs, "Then Again", was first published in November, and relied heavily upon her mother's personal journal. For th...

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When You Die on Facebook

Dori Hartley | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Facebook, Death, Death on Facebook, Facebook and Death, Death and Facebook, Technology News
Dori Hartley

I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg foresaw the inevitability of the public actually dying off the site. Nonetheless, when you die on Facebook, mourning is nothing like it is in real life.

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Is the World Ending in 2012?

Chandresh Bhardwaj | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Fear of Death, Fear of Dying, Confronting Fear, End of the World, Death, 2012, Deepak Chopra, Becoming-Fearless, Culture News
Chandresh Bhardwaj

When people ask me if world is going to end in 2012, the fear of dying is very visible in their eyes. Two issues are going on here: Fear and the panic about death. Let's touch both the issues one by one.

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Can A Person 'Suffer From Life'?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Chaplain, Withholding Nutrition and Hydration, Dying, End of Life, Suffering From Life, Assisted Suicide, God, Alzheimers, Euthanasia, Charles Snelling, Netherlands, Death, Adrienne Snelling, Religion, Royal Dutch Medical Association, Right to Die, Christian, Dr. Petra De Jong, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

Do you think that there is such a thing as "suffering from life"? Do you think that people should be able to make their own decision as to whether or not to end their life?

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