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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 ...
This is a little article about our Death Cafe Girona, written by a local newspaper. It explains where and when is the first Death Cafe and some explanation about what is it, and also who are the authors of it.
See more at: El Punt Diari
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Girona
Posted by Death Cafe Girona on Jan. 22, 2015, 4:17 p.m. 2 comments
I'm pleased to tell you that the first Death Cafe Girona was really successful! We had 33 participants and we shared our thoughts about death and dying in groups of 5 people. Accompanied by coffe, tea, juices and cookies and cake that I did myself.
I upload here some photos from the event.
The next will be soon!
Death Cafe write up: St Charles Death Cafe
Posted by dbanocy on Jan. 22, 2015, 10:54 a.m. 4 comments
The first St. Louis area Death Cafe was held in St. Charles MO at a quaint little coffee house. In attendance was a minister and spriit healer, a medium, a former hospice worker and telepathic healer, a person that has dealt with the dealth of her son, husband and mother, an inhome caregiver, someone who is struggling with with their fear of dying and myself who hosted the cafe because I would like to start a dialogue with my adult childeren about death. It was very interesting and everyone had something to contribute! I am planning on hosting another one in about a month. It was very uplifting ...