Notes from Orange County Death Café, February 6, 2025
A write up of Orange County Death Cafe - Feb 6, 2025
By Endswell
Notes from Orange County Death Café, February 6, 2025
Moderator: James McKelvey
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There are now 5 Death Cafes in Durham and Orange counties:
• 1st Thursday of the month, 6:00-8:00 p.m.: Orange County Death Café, 407 Meadowlands Dr., Hillsborough, facilitator TBD. Registration at https://endswellfuneralhome.com/news-and-events/
• 2nd Monday of the month, 5:45-7:45 p.m.: Hillsborough Death Café, 903 Eno Street, Hillsborough, facilitated by Neidra Clark. To register contact Neidra at neidra@mindspring.com.
• 3rd Monday of the month, 9:30-11:00 a.m.: Daylight Death Café, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill, facilitated by John Chase. To register contact the Seymour Center front desk, 919-968-2070. In January the meeting will be the 4th Monday due to the MLKJr Day holiday.
• 3rd Wednesday of the month, 6:00-8:00 p.m.: Orange County Death Café, 407 Meadowlands Dr., Hillsborough, facilitated by Sara Williams. Registration at https://endswellfuneralhome.com/news-and-events/
• 4th Monday of the month, 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Southwest Durham Death Café, Southwest Regional Library, Shannon Road, Durham, facilitated by Kathy Rudy, Ph.D. No registration needed.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Endswell Information Sessions are now regularly scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of the month. For more information, please call 919-907-9777.
Green Burial Lunch & Learn at Endswell, featuring Bluestem Conservation Cemetery, Feb. 27, 11:30-1:00. Register at https://endswellfuneralhome.com/news-and-events/
Funeral Consumers Alliance North Carolina annual board meeting and free filming of “Defining Hope,” March 2, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill. No need to register.
Funeral Consumers Alliance National Conference with be in the RTP region, June 26-29. Themes are Funeral Poverty and Indigent Burial.
Letsreimagine.org is holding 3 February Zoom meetings that address Sibling Loss. FEE: $15.
CONVERSATIONS:
Grief, relationship first aid, how to help a family with a dementia patient, Popeye Syndrome = I am what I am, how to get your affairs in order and how to do it NOW.
RESOURCES:
Books:
Bernhard, Toni. How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers. https://www.amazon.com/How-Sick-Buddhist-Inspired-Chronically-Caregivers/dp/0861716264
Horton, John and Sushila Wood. Good to Go: Five Understandings to Navigate a Peaceful and Elegant Last Chapter of Life. https://www.amazon.com/Good-Go-Understandings-Navigate-Peaceful/dp/B0CX8XFCG4?crid=4WMESRR9RPC5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LpOuTr2IFmskrUHl-oKOx6x6q7gAl11DVc-lkRCTTAeK0WUSG6lCaTq7qemTmkqyPeOrXHbwHcy6Res3rSVCDp4i6RJ9SUxwRQMQdeOQCKPUQtmLcG7ARE-DU2HqeeKczk_2J2HRbEFwK4ExZffWCFYloAx4jSzXFAHlyebYDgA0xhuC_htRgDm5phN3a9RsEm1Rp-WBDQ_M8F2In7EThP2I8UV40q6KYFozP1m_now.uw4-PXrgEjbXNy0f3FcuHr0bWo2C8pToE5Vte_xv2XM&dib_tag=se&keywords=good+to+go&qid=1739290055&s=books&sprefix=good+to+go%2Cstripbooks%2C218&sr=1-2
Myers, Jo. Good to Go: A Guide to Preparing for the End of Life. https://www.amazon.com/Good-Go-Guide-Preparing-Life/dp/140276765X?crid=4WMESRR9RPC5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LpOuTr2IFmskrUHl-oKOx6x6q7gAl11DVc-lkRCTTAeK0WUSG6lCaTq7qemTmkqyPeOrXHbwHcy6Res3rSVCDp4i6RJ9SUxwRQMQdeOQCKPUQtmLcG7ARE-DU2HqeeKczk_2J2HRbEFwK4ExZffWCFYloAx4jSzXFAHlyebYDgA0xhuC_htRgDm5phN3a9RsEm1Rp-WBDQ_M8F2In7EThP2I8UV40q6KYFozP1m_now.uw4-PXrgEjbXNy0f3FcuHr0bWo2C8pToE5Vte_xv2XM&dib_tag=se&keywords=good+to+go&qid=1739290055&s=books&sprefix=good+to+go%2Cstripbooks%2C218&sr=1-4
Films:
The Room Next Door (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHSOFsZICk
Websites:
Hillsborough Wills and Trusts https://www.hillsboroughwills.com/
Snow Approach https://snowapproach.org/
The Conversation Project https://theconversationproject.org/