Category Archives: Death and living while dying
Our story has no end
It is true that our story reaches out and touches others, touches the stories of our ancestors and descendants, touches and mingles with the story of our family and tribe for years, maybe eons. :- Doug.
We are ever given the ability to renew our futures.
We are ever given the ability to renew our futures. :- Doug.
You do not die at the end
You do not die at the end of your story, but in the course of it. :- Doug.
A tale true to life
Here is a tale true to life: A boy sets out on a road. Life offers not end, so this story has no end. Sometimes there is opposition, sometimes not. Life is open. A life might end, but life goes … Continue reading →
The redbuds and the pears
The redbuds and the pears The cherries and the apples Start the spring with shouts In the shape of flowers Riotous flowers The maples put forth Seeds on the wing The pin oaks get right Down to business New leaves … Continue reading →
Endings are beginnings
Endings are beginnings :- Doug.
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Even in our last days
There are many parts to the human. Let’s take for instance head, hand and heart. All tire at different rates. The longer our view, the more that is possible to us. The more we see, the more we see. Our … Continue reading →
Life is tennis
In tennis, we need see only the last exchange to know the outcome. Hope exists because life is tennis. :- Doug.
Taking Responsibility for Death
Friends– “Is there anything you can do here to give me back the life I had last year, when I wasn’t in pain every minute?” Here is an excellent article in the New York Times about an 89 year old … Continue reading →
die gently?
How can we live well to the end and die gently? :- Doug.
We cannot cure death
We cannot cure death Yet we act as though we could Or as if we wished we could Yet if we see death not as end But as a chapter We might write it well Live it artfully :- Doug.
This matters
End of Life Matters. :- Doug.
Defining physician failure & success
There are physician practices who define failure as not having gotten patients on hospice in the last month of life. What’s good and not about that? :- Doug.
Things to consider with my family:
Things to consider with my family: • Whom do I have to hug? Whom do I have to call? Take a break now and call them. Tell them you love them; tell them you want to talk about these things … Continue reading →
Each death informs us so
Each death informs us so Life is a many plaited thing No prior answer is good for now :- Doug.
Fear not the doctors
Fear not the doctors Nor yet at them be angry Even, too, lawyers They are trying to do good To bring what’s needed They too hampered by our culture Turning treatment into care And care into money As if money … Continue reading →
bigger work for doctor, lawyer
There is a bigger work for the doctor here. And for the lawyer. Beyond being a good technician. You in your role and I in mine can meet people and support them in what has meaning for them. We can … Continue reading →