Category Archives: Death and living while dying
No professional time for this conversation?
Is it really true there is, for lawyer, for doctor, no time for the end of life conversation? Can we say “This is on me”? Do we have to make every moment pay? Can we make this conversation pay? :- … Continue reading →
How can we attend a friend who is dying?
How can we as Friends attend a Friend who is dying? As we are dying? :- Doug.
As actor withdraws from scene
As actor withdraws from scene As scenes roll on As this story told is but a part of the stories of each of the actors of the stories of each spectator & friend So now I withdraw :- Doug.
On the boat dock watching the sun
People need this conversation about living well our last chapter. They need to realize that as Jerry Walthall said, some of us want to die on the boat dock watching the sun and drinking a beer with our dog. I’d … Continue reading →
Gathering, loosening
When we are born there is a gathering of the stuff of the all just here just here So when we die there is a loosening just here just for now :- Doug.
Do you have a deathbed story?
Do you have a deathbed story? :- Doug.
Do you want to go fighting or gently?
Do you want to go fighting or gently? :- Doug.
First, live well together….
First, live well together; second, see how the money parts can serve your living. :- Doug.
There is more here.
There is more here. :- Doug.
Pain I can stand:
Pain I can stand: what I want to avoid is suffering. So you may love me well it is suffering I must for you define. :- Doug.
Far enough
Far enough To say goodbye Farewell :- Doug.
And still we are not done
We germinate, we leaf, we vine, we flower! We set little green fruit, we grow round, we grow fat, we grow green and then red! We fall to the ground, spent, or we are food! And still we are not … Continue reading →
Can we allow each other a Friendly death?
Can we allow each other a Friendly death? :- Doug.
The claim our dying have on us
This right to be heard is a special claim our dying have on us. Do we have a special claim on them? :- Doug.
A right to be heard by our families?
Do we have a right to be heard by our families about end of life? By ourselves? Do we have a right—a freedom—to live as we wish up to our last breath? What is the lawyer’s role in this? :- … Continue reading →
Video: Tom Brokaw and friend on end of life
Friends– Here is a Tedx video featuring Tom Brokaw. I think you will enjoy it. http://tedx.stanford.edu/speakers/dr-jennifer-brokaw/
Death is like “E.R.”
Death can be likened to “E.R.” How can there be an E.R. after George Clooney leaves? And yet he said his later lines and was gone…and the show went on. :- Doug.