A Year of Tucson Death Cafe's come to a Beautiful Close!
A write up of Tucson Death Cafe
December brought a beautiful close to a big year of Tucson Death Cafes. We shared thoughts on how to steward conversations on death and dying with family and friends, on death with dignity with and without the layer of legislation, and about pet grief – sharing that loss of beloved companion animals can be socially disenfranchised, but equally as difficult as loss of humans. We had a rich “everything else” breakout group and shared that although Death Café’s are not grief support groups, crying is a normal expression and tissues are always available. We talked about poet and musician Leonard Cohen’s recent departure and how it seemed apparent he was preparing for death with his lyrics and cover art on his final release. The band Negativland’s “Over the Edge Vol. 9” CD was mentioned as it includes a small bag containing two grams of band member Donald S. Joyce’s cremains. This may be a first in history! We heard from one participant that adding cremains to tattoo ink is in practice and a link to one company doing that is engraveink.com. Creativity and connection in life and in death! Appreciation to all for your thoughtful comments on the evaluation – I will share results in the New Year. Thank you for being a part of the Tucson Friendly Fearless Death Café community. Spread the word and let’s keep the awareness flowing in 2017.