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Link: Being With People Like You Offers Comfort Against Death
Posted by Kathy Miller, LCPC on Feb. 7, 2015, 7:54 a.m.
"Greenberg thinks that in this odd way we try to fend off death. He figures that people who are not in your group in some very primal way make you feel invisible."
Interesting! Curious about your thoughts and impressions.
New Blog post: A Pet Parents Sorrow
Posted by Steve Juszczak on Feb. 6, 2015, 3:32 p.m. 1 comment
There are some that view the death of a beloved pet as notas impotant as the death of another person , How wrong they are. As a pet parent I have lost many a family member they were my buds With your premission , I would like to name a few . Winston, Edison , fluffy , kitt , Morgana they were all part of my family . The greif is no less thanthe lost of any part of your family . The ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Cheshire
Posted by petalguru on Feb. 5, 2015, 5:34 a.m.
We were a small group gathered around a table at the back of the gorgeous Yard Cafe in Aldearly Edge on a cold Monday morning, sipping steaming coffee and organic green juices amidst piles of delicious cakes. Discussion was so intense it lasted well over 2 hrs and attracted lots of attention in the busy cafe. Next time do come along, we can't get away from using the word Death I'm afraid but as everyone agreed in the end it's actually the mirror of life and the joy of that is what you see when you gaze at death.
New Blog post: Time can't always help
Posted by Steve Juszczak on Feb. 4, 2015, 4:55 p.m. 1 comment
Walter John Juszczak Was born 23 Aug 1921 .He married Elizabeth Joy Cosgrove on 15 Dec 1953 . On Jan 25 at 6:00 am he went to work , he never came back . The wound on his forehead is just as clear today as it was when I first viewed it , To this day I will at time scream inside WHY! didn't I do something or say something to stop him going to work that ...
New Blog post: The Doorway
Posted by drepizev on Feb. 4, 2015, 3:22 p.m. 2 comments
This came to me after someone I know lost her mother.
It was a day of reckoning,
When silence carries words,
Beneath the trees I came,
To this place of rest the same,
Beside the sleeping blood,
To convey all I had heard.
Beside this resting heart,
I watched a closing book,
A young life reached an end,
Surrounded by black cloth friends,
While words of comfort caressed,
From pages of the one true book ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe Can’t Change the World
Posted by Merilynne Rush on Feb. 4, 2015, 2:39 p.m. 2 comments
Yesterday in class, during a discussion about full code/no code in the ICU, I found myself saying that Death Cafe can’t change the world. Then everyone added, “Alone.” Death Cafe alone can’t change the world. It provides a forum for people outside of the hospital, outside of a crisis situation, who are thinking ahead, idealistically and perhaps unrealistically, about what they would want in an ICU scene. But in the ICU scene ...
New Blog post: A Visit to Death Cafe
Posted by drepizev on Feb. 4, 2015, 12:04 p.m.
With my uncle on life support and in our prayers
I find my self sitting at a car wash, finding
something to read, and coming across Death Cafe.
I have been walking the line between life and death
writing for and reaching out to many who have
lost loved ones. The difficulty is how do you explore
something beyond the physical, when our senses
are limited to the physical?
When the heart stops beating,
There ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe, Florence, MA
Posted by Jonathan Stein on Feb. 3, 2015, 10:51 a.m.
I made this event a potluck which was a great idea (I must say!). People brought yummy snacks and it cut down on the work and expense on my part. People were really into it.
A total of 19 people showed for this one, some returners, some new. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves tremendously.
the next one is scheduled for March 7, 2015 from 1:30-3:30 PM. We hope to see you there!
New Blog post: After Death Communications
Posted by jack4215 on Feb. 3, 2015, 10:48 a.m. 1 comment
Hello. I am searching for what is called After Death Communications specifically from the Gay and Muslim Communities. Frequently, when a loved one dies, they communicate back to this side of life. The majority of these communications are personal in nature. Very real to that person that receives the message but not very convincing to a skeptic. However, now and then, there is an epic kind of communication. One that a skeptic would have to ...
Article looks at why pain and suffering have increased at end of life, despite more use of hospice and palliative care.
"We don't have the vernacular in our society to have the conversation about the end of life," Ihrig said. "People say, 'I don't want to take away ...
New Blog post: Death Cafe London – we're moving forward
Posted by Jon Underwood on Feb. 2, 2015, 2:54 p.m. 2 comments
Our vote on whether to try to set up a 'real' Death Cafe in London has now closed. In total we had 139 votes. Of these:
- 126 (91%) voted 'Yes we should try to set up a real Death Cafe in London'
- 13 (9%) voted 'No we shouldn't try to set up a real Death Cafe in London'
When voting started I really didn't know which way it would go at all. But ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Canton New York
Posted by Linda Potter on Feb. 2, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
We held our first Death Cafe on January 20th with 36 people. I sat them at tables of 6 and after the welcome and a review of the principles, I had them start off. People seemed eager to talk and as far as I could observe, each person had plenty of time to speak. After 40 minutes, I rang a bell and invited people to get coffee or tea and some cake (devil's food or angel food) and then to sit down with a new group of six for a new conversation. People indicated that they liked that model and the chance to hear from others. Words ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Honolulu
Posted by Leilani Maxera on Jan. 31, 2015, 9:32 p.m.
Our first Death Cafe Honolulu went well. We had 10 participants all together, which is pretty good for a Saturday night here. Our host, Na Mea Hawai'i, generously paid for tea service from the Monarch Tea Room. The Tea Room is inside the store, but it is a separate business. They let us use their tables after hours. We also had two delicious cakes, one being a homemade coconut cake that made the attendees very happy.
The participants had a wide-variety of backgrounds. We touched on many topics, but focused heavily on cemeteries. One of the attendees was a cemetery historian, and people had a lot of ...
Death Cafe write up: Scottsdale Death Cafe
Posted by octogenoman on Jan. 30, 2015, 11:42 p.m.
We held our first D.C. on the 27th of January, and were pleased to have 20 in attendance.
The setting was quite intimate, and on the advice of two ladies who had attended many of these meetings back at their home in St Paul, we decided to keep the group together rather than breaking into smaller arrangements.
We opened with introductions and comments on what brought each person to the meeting. I emphasized that this was not mandatory, and that anyone wishing to just observe was certainly welcome and need not make a comment.
It went quite well, and we were still rolling along with no awkward ...
New Blog post: Vote - should we try to set up a 'real' Death Cafe in London or not?
Posted by Jon Underwood on Jan. 27, 2015, 1:39 p.m. 7 comments
Some notes:
· What is being asked here is whether setting up a ‘real’ Death Cafe is a good idea in principle. If a majority vote yes a business plan will be produced and with it a community share offer to raise the money. At this point the financial viability of the ‘real’ Death Cafe will be looked at in detail.
· What a real Death Cafe consists ...