First Death Cafe Honolulu - Report Back
A write up of Death Cafe Honolulu
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 questions for her. Home funerals and advance care planning were also popular topics.
One person complained afterwards because he had wanted to talk about life after death, and assumed we would touch on that. He hadn't mentioned it. I encouraged him to attend the next one and bring it up.
Overall, people were engaged and very respectful. Na Mea was hapy with the turnout, and the store owner has agreed to let us host a Death Cafe there ongoing on the third Saturday of every other month. Our second Death Cafe will be Saturday, March 21st, 4:30-6pm.