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The Power Of Ritual In The 'Hunger Games' Trilogy

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 01.23.2012 | Religion

Read More: Dying, Ritual, Hope, Death & Dying, Grief, Dealing With Grief, HUnger Games, Loss, The Hunger Games, Death, Religion News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

As I neared the last pages, I found myself fatigued; exhausted by her story of loss and death. I struggled with how to make sense of it all.

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What Medieval Times Teach Us About Respecting the Dead

Bridget Whearty | Posted 01.18.2012 | Culture

Read More: Medieval History, History, Marines, Dead Body, Medieval, Dying, Death & Dying, Burial, Death and Dying, Medieval Times, Marine Urinate on Bodies, Death, Culture News
Bridget Whearty

The phrase "no man is an island" gets tossed around pretty lightly these days, but at its core, it's about the same thing. When the funeral bells toll, don't ask who they are for. We're all in this together.

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Spiritually Seeking A Death Both 'Beautiful And Painful'

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 01.17.2012 | Religion

Read More: End of Life, Dying, Jesus, Death, Holy Ground, End of Life Care, Grief, Dealing With Grief, Christianity, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

Just before New Years, I found myself helping a family whose loved one was dying. As a chaplain in a hospital, I never know whether a family will allow me "in" at the time that is most painful for them.

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Deepak Chopra On The Process Of Grieving

Posted 01.06.2012 | Women

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Marlo Thomas, Video, Dying, Loss, The Grieving Process, Death, Grieving, Women News

Deepak Chopra sheds some light on the grieving process, and why it works. var src_url="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=577&width=5...

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The Loss of Loved Ones

Diana M. Raab | Posted 12.16.2011 | Fifty

Read More: Holidays, Heart Disease, Greiving, Family, Dying, Surviving the Holidays, Death, Death in the Family, Holiday Deaths, Grieving Process, Death & Dying, Grieving Loss, Death and Dying, Grieving, Fifty News
Diana M. Raab

My father adored me. I was his sunshine, and when he died a large chunk of me died. I cannot say that the pain has dissipated, but it has softened over the years.

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Why You Don't Need To Fight Cancer

Kathy Chang-Lipsenthal | Posted 01.30.2012 | Books

Read More: Sickness, Living With Cancer, Dying, Enjoy Every Sandwich, Enjoying Life, Cancer, Death, Lee Lipsenthal, Fighting Cancer, My-Story, Books News
Kathy Chang-Lipsenthal

When my husband was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, I told him "You're going to beat this." He replied, "I don't feel the need to fight cancer. Fight comes out of fear of dying. And I don't have that fear."

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P.S. I Love You: Creating a Digital Farewell File

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 01.23.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Last Goodbye, Saying Goodbye, Dying, Letter Writing, Multiple Sclerosis, Death, Cancer, Legacy, Memories, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Hillary St. Pierre

When I found out I was terminally ill, the idea of leaving behind a legacy weighed on me, but not as heavily as the idea that I could leave behind a child with little or no memories of me.

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Who Is In Control When Your Loved One Has Cancer?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 01.19.2012 | Religion

Read More: Family Members, End of Life, Dying, Wwjd, What Would Jesus Do, Cancer, Extended Family, Family, Control, Christianity, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

n reality, Susan can't control what is happening in her body, so she needs to control what she can, and so she is trying to control how others handle her disease ... at least as far as it concerns how they will deal with her.

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Celebrating Life, Death, And The Space In Between

Stephanie Bennett Vogt | Posted 01.02.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Reinvention, Day of the Dead, Personal Transformation, Self-Discovery, All Soul's Day, Self-Improvement, Self-Reinvention, Changing Your Life, Dying, Death, Fifty News
Stephanie Bennett Vogt

I can only imagine what the final ride will be like to the other side when our time comes. But if Steve Jobs' final words are any indication, I'd like to think that it will be an exquisite homecoming.

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'Death Is Very Likely The Single Best Invention Of Life'

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 12.26.2011 | Religion

Read More: Steve Jobs, Religion, Steve Jobs Children, End of Life, Dying, Death, Stanford University Commencement Address, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

How about you? When you are nearing the end of your life, what would you hope that you would not regret not doing? Perhaps Steve Jobs can influence our lives more than technologically.

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Laughter: A Part Of Our Living And Our Dying

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 11.05.2011 | Religion

Read More: Gifts From God, Life Review, Dying, Healing, Terri Benincasa, Laughter, Death, Boomer Nation, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

Believe it or not, being with families of people who are dying can also provide opportunities for humor. Very funny situations happen to people in their lives and recounting them when someone is dying is healthy.

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We Don't Talk About How We Are Going To Die

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 10.15.2011 | Religion

Read More: Dudley-Clendinen, Choices in Dying, Advance Directives, Dying, End of Life, Ecclesiastes, Facing Death, Lou Gehrig?S Disease, Als, God, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

Thinking about the prospect of only having several months to live, I wonder how many of us could do what Dudley is doing while he is dying -- living one day at a time?

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The Call to Generation X to Reform Health Care

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 10.12.2011 | Politics

Read More: Hospice, Aging, Dying, End of Life Care, Gen X, Generation X, Health-of-Baby-Boomer-Generation, Reform, Old Age, Sherwin B. Nuland, Healthcare Reform, Daniel Callahan, Baby Boomers, Caregiving, Death, Politics News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

I recently commented on Facebook that in 20 years I will be in my late 50s, caring for my elderly baby boomer parents, and trying to pay for the young...

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The Dangers Of Having A Baby After 35: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You

Allison Gilbert | Posted 10.02.2011 | Parents

Read More: Family Planning, Parenting Tips, Relationships, Dying, Parents-Pregnancy, Motherhood, Grandparents, Loss, Mothers, Parenthood, Death, Grandparenthood, Bereavement, Marriage, Grief, Fatherhood, Families, Delayed Child Birth, Parenting Advice, Fathers, Couples, Pregnancy, Parents News
Allison Gilbert

If you have a child later in life, like I did, it only increases the likelihood that you will be parenting without your parents. I never had that maternal advice, and my son doesn't have my mom as a grandmother.

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In Her Last Hour of Life, My Grandmother Told Her Story

Brienne Walsh | Posted 10.01.2011 | Women

Read More: Saying Goodbye, The Bronx, Grandmothers, True Love, Death, Mourning, Irish, Granddaughters, Dying, Grieving Loss, Death Penalty, Dying With Dignity, Grieving, My-Story, Women News
Brienne Walsh

My sister and I sat with my grandmother while she lay dying a few months ago. Against her pale skin, freckled and dotted with beauty marks, I laid my arm.

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Lucian Freud, British Realist Painter, Has Died At 88

AP | By GREGORY KATZ | Posted 09.20.2011 | Arts

Read More: Portraiture, Dying, Death and Dying, British Art, Lucian Freud Dead, Painting, Lucian Freud, Uk Arts, Portraits, Acquavella, Lucian Freud Dies, Arts News

LONDON -- In a time when other artists spilled their paints on the canvas, Lucian Freud carefully wiped his brush after every stroke. He painted inten...

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Let The Terminally Ill Decide

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 09.15.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: End of Life Care, End of Life Planning, Korean War, Dying, Death & Who Makes the Decisions, Veteran, Death & Dying, Who Should Make Decisions, Death, Healthy Living News
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Uncle Ed was what you would call a man's man. A Korean War Veteran, he was nothing if not a planner. Yet at 84, we could not help but wonder who should make the decisions?

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A Million Questions That Need To Be Asked Of Our Aging Parents

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 09.05.2011 | Religion

Read More: Caring for Aging Parents, Aging Parents, Dying, Advance Directives, End of Life, Sandwich Generation, Power of Attorney, End of Life Medical Decisions, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

One of the Ten Commandments is to "obey" our parents. Well, what happens when we think that it is not in their best interest to continue living where they are living or we feel it is unsafe, and they disagree with us?

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Thanks To Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 08.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Hospice, Terminally Ill Patients, Life Goals, End of Life Care, Dying, PAD Laws, Palliative Care, End of Life, Suffering, Jack Kevorkian, Debilitating Illness, Physician Aid in Dying, Quality of Life, Death, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

I believe that he should actually be thanked because Dr. Kevorkian raised the awareness that we don't do dying well, particularly when people are suffering and in physical pain.

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Very Good-Looking: For Mom, 2 Years Later

Sally Horchow | Posted 08.16.2011 | Style

Read More: Roger Horchow, Very Good Looking, Tribute, Style, Dying, Carolyn P. Horchow, Lela Rose, Anniversary, Moms, Stamp of Approval, Mothers, Style News
Sally Horchow

Looking put-together, stylish, and appropriately dressed was always a high priority for Mom, down to the lavender satin Natori pajamas she was wearing when she died.

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Anna Deavere Smith, Human Tape-Recorder Extraordinaire

Erika Milvy | Posted 08.13.2011 | Arts

Read More: Katrina, Berkeley Rep Theater, Anna Devere Smith, Cancer, Dying, Health, Theatre Review, Death, Performance, Arts News
Erika Milvy

Smith's most significant accomplishment is in revealing the impact of the spontaneously spoken word. As she lets her subjects talk -- and think -- and hesitate -- and talk some more, what emerges is often quite magnificent.

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'Don't Plead With Me Not To Die'

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 08.03.2011 | Religion

Read More: Losing a Loved One, Advanced Directives, End of Life Care, Dying Process, Dying, Death and Dying, Terminal Illness, Death, Loved Ones, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

If God did not mean for us to live forever and did not indicate that longevity beats out quality, doesn't it make sense that when someone is dying the expectation would be to encourage them to let go?

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Talking About The Horse On The Table

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 07.23.2011 | Religion

Read More: End of Life Issues, Dying, End of Life, Dorothy Becvar, Family Denial About Death, In the Presence of Grief, Confronting Death, Death and Dying, Acknowledging Death, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

What does God expect you to do when a loved one is clearly dying: to encourage them to let go or to plead with them to "not die"?

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Consciously Recognizing Ourselves Before We Die

Duane Elgin | Posted 07.23.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Awareness, Dying, Consciousness, Light, Knowing, Soul, Awakening, Love, Death, Preparing Ourselves for Death, Healthy Living, Recognizing the Soul Before Death, Death & Dying, Understanding Death, Death and Spirituality, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Duane Elgin

The afterlife is unknown; however, our invisible body of music, light and love that lives in eternity is knowable.

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What Does God Think Of Our Life-Extending Technology?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 07.10.2011 | Religion

Read More: Patient Self Determination Act, Health Care Proxy, A Clergy Guide to End of Life Issues, Surrogate Decision Making, End of Life, Dying, Advance Directives, Health Care Surrogate, Power of Attorney for Health Care, Death & Dying, Do Not Resuscitate, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

When I lead workshops on completing advance directives, I ask people to prayerfully consider the following questions and to remember that God will be present with them throughout this process.

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