A wonderful & thoughtful evening in Hope!

A write up of mid-coast Maine Death Cafe in Hope!

By plindquist

An evening in Hope, Maine... I helped organize the first Death Cafe near the town of Camden, where I live.  The following write-up came to me a few days later from a particpant and lovely lady in the audience.  I think she got the idea behind the group event!

Tolerant treatment of touchy topic

          Death Café has an ominous ring to it. Still, I went, and met up with over twenty others who attended the event in one of our neighboring towns.

The group included a wide range of ages, both men and women. Everyone at one point or another smiled, got teary, laughed out loud, reflected, shared experiences, asked questions, and in general, had a comfortable, friendly, stress-free evening.

The goal of Death Café is to discuss death with no agenda or objective. Death Café is not a support group and definitely not a counseling session.

There were no lists, sign-up sheets, or name tags. Many of us were strangers to each other as we gathered to eat cake, drink tea, and talk about death – whatever came to mind.

In the end, it was a pleasant, life-affirming 90-minutes of considering death – our own and that of loved ones. And it was not even remotely ominous.

Here is another note from a Camden maine resident: 

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