The Arc of Death is Within the Circle of Life
Life is a treasure and a gift, a part of the Circle of Life--joyful, brief, and inevitably mortal.
For All Eternity
Marriages are often an attraction of opposites. In our marriage, one of the many disagreements is where our mortal remains should be placed after death. My husband wants to visit…
Death. At What Age?
This past year has been one in which I have received multiple medical diagnoses, none are life-ending but they are chronic, debilitating and typical in the elderly. Per this Hippocrates…
The beauty of relationships in transition
Lately, I've been pondering on the challenges of living with an ill or dying partner. It's one thing for a healthy young couple to commit to "in sickness and in…
The Invisible Older Woman, Part II
She Who Was the Helmet Maker's Beautiful Wife, Auguste Rodin An erudite literary commentary by Akiko Busch in The Atlantic, entitled the “Invisibility of Older Women” connects an older woman’s…
Death as Normal
Almost every month, there are two resident deaths in our senior community of 400 residents; the deaths are typically balanced by the arrival of two new residents—a dynamic equilibrium of…