Death Cafe profile for Jill Stodola
Location: United States
About Jill Stodola:
I'm the Michigan author of "Cadavers and Cocktails a Collection of True Stories From Dark To Light." Cadacers represent my life's EXTREME trials of death & harm. Cocktails are the life's valuable lessons learned from the cadavers. A widow, mother, friend, light worker, life coach, speaker, and promoter. I connect well with the living and the dead.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I shared my book website with Megan of Death Cafe St. Joes and she suggested I create an account with Death Cafe & share my experiences.
What would you like your legacy to be?
I would like my legacy to have a lasting positive influence from me.
Remembered for my listening, encouraging and helpfulness without judgement.
Thoughts for sharing:
My newest one is, "finding life in death." Out of a loss comes great growth, I firmly believe in feeling what you need to feel and moving forward with your world.
Contact Jill Stodola
Jill Stodola's posts on the Death Cafe website
New Blog post: Milestone Date
Posted by Jill Stodola on Nov. 4, 2013, 10:21 a.m.
Losing a loved one will evoke pain on milestone events. November 10, 2006. I was at Detroit hospital with my husband. He was in the process of getting all the work done to be added to a the liver transplant list. As he did the stress test, I received a call from my sister. My mother had passed away. Such news on my Birthday! You know, I was alright with it. It was her time ...
As my late husband was dying, he told the nurse that his wife had been good to him & that he appreciated the good care of his attending nurse. The nurse turned off the big monitor screen and told us she would leave the room & would know when he had passed ...