Death Cafe profile for Cynthia Stadler
Location: United States
About Cynthia Stadler:
I am a hospice nurse and educator in rural Vermont and New Hampshire. I started my career in healthcare almost 30 years ago practicing as a nurse-midwife, then about 5 years ago my work transitioned to supporting those at the end of life.
I am a mother of two young adults, a wife of a geriatrician, and the daughter of two parents with dementia. I have cared for many dying loved ones- in both my own family and in the families of my dear patients.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I feel passionate about supporting people in living their lives at the end of life, and dying in a manner that is aligned with their values.
Talking about what we believe, what matters, what we fear, what we wonder, what's hard...
It all seems so important to living our best lives. I want to help encourage and support those converstions.
What would you like your legacy to be?
I hope I will be remembered as a woman who listened to her heart, cared well for others, enjoyed life and made the most of what she was given.
Thoughts for sharing:
Late Fragment
And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.
-Raymond Carver
Contact Cynthia Stadler
Cynthia Stadler's posts on the Death Cafe website
Death Cafe: Death Cafe in White River Junction, Vermont
Posted by Cynthia Stadler on May 20, 2015, 12:48 p.m.
With The Open Door and Bayada Hospice
June 7, 2015, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (eastern)
refreshments
We hope this will be the start of a vital and continuing community conversation!
We will serve wine and cheese and enjoy company and conversation about end of life concerns.