Summary - May 10 Death Cafe 92119 /San Carlos
A write up of Death Cafe 92119 - San Carlos
By TRVevia
Each person attending a Death Cafe brings both questions and wisdom from a unique and valuable perspective. This means that each Death Cafe has an energy and personality all its own!
It continues to amaze us both (Asha & Tracy) how many topics can surface in such a short space of time – we are seriously considering lengthening the time of our Cafés to a full two hours.
Some of the comments expressed in our two circles of attendees in summing up:
- o Some discussion about organ donation;
- o Recognizing & identifying various life events as “losses;”
- o Discussion ensued about loss of siblings;
- o How to construct and distribute paperwork so that death process & disposition of remains unfolds as instructed;
- o How to find information about clarifying one’s wishes as to how or whether to be buried;
- o The different time tables surrounding loss: some family members “move on” and others are more “devastated or effected” by the death in a family;
- o Concern about how to help younger children left by the death of parent;
- o Taking responsibility for one’s own death so that survivors don’t have to make decisions while in crisis-mode.
Comments
Lots to think about.
Looks like you had a great discussion. Having trouble finding a daytime Death Cafe to attend locally.
Will you be having any others in the near future? I am having trouble finding one to attend here in Oakland, they are always booked by the time I read about them.
If you are having another is there a way to be on a waiting list?
Thank you, g. palmer
Posted by ginny palmer