2.0k 10 Comments June 9, 2018 Doing everything "right" & changing the world: My mental health and Anthony Bourdain When I found out Anthony Bourdain took his own life, I was in shock. I still am. I cried all day. I’m crying now. My shock doesn’t come from a place of ignorance; I have clinical depression myself, and I’ve been medicated for a couple of years. I’ve worked hard to change my habits so that they help my mental health. Overall, it’s working. But there are still days, weeks, months when things are bleak… Read More February 22, 2018 Yep, there are offbeat funeral planners and they're changing the way you think about funerals My funeral is going to be at a Dairy Queen. I can just envision everyone eating Blizzards (hopefully Turtles!), sharing stories of their memories with me while my favourite '90s playlist is blaring in the background (while someone is yelling “the music is too loud, can someone turn it down?!”). Of course, my ideas may change closer to when I die, hopefully in 60 years from now. Luckily, the concept of an unconventional funeral is on the rise. Read More 3.1k 38 Comments December 12, 2017 My sister wants me to be a pallbearer at her funeral, but I don't want to go at all My sister has written to me asking if I'd be a pallbearer at her funeral. She is terminally ill with only a few months to live. I love her. She lives 6,000 miles away. I have, over the past few years, travelled to see her on a few occasions, the last a while back, really to say good-bye. I'm an emotional person, not very strong, and I'm afraid and the thought of travelling 12,000 miles round-trip to attend a funeral does not appeal to me. How on earth do I say no without hurting her feelings whilst she is still with us? Please help me — even if to say I should just be strong and attend the funeral. Read More 6.8k October 2, 2017 "Where grief and celebration meet": This end of life pet photo session will break and warm your heart Beth pulled me aside in her veterinary practice and with tears in her eyes told me that she'd found a mass on Sawyer. It would not be long until he was gone. She wanted photos to capture his unique spirit, before he passed. In Beth's grief journey, she made a bucket list for Sawyer and brazenly checked every goddamn thing off of it twice. So we set to making the bucket list part of the photo celebration of his life… Read More 2.2k 16 Comments April 5, 2017 How to talk about death when no one else wants to Death is natural, and having concerns about death is natural. What isn't natural is entirely rejecting the reality of the human condition and refusing to talk about death. This is a tough topic, but here are a few things that might be helpful… Read More 123…12
February 22, 2018 Yep, there are offbeat funeral planners and they're changing the way you think about funerals My funeral is going to be at a Dairy Queen. I can just envision everyone eating Blizzards (hopefully Turtles!), sharing stories of their memories with me while my favourite '90s playlist is blaring in the background (while someone is yelling “the music is too loud, can someone turn it down?!”). Of course, my ideas may change closer to when I die, hopefully in 60 years from now. Luckily, the concept of an unconventional funeral is on the rise. Read More 3.1k 38 Comments December 12, 2017 My sister wants me to be a pallbearer at her funeral, but I don't want to go at all My sister has written to me asking if I'd be a pallbearer at her funeral. She is terminally ill with only a few months to live. I love her. She lives 6,000 miles away. I have, over the past few years, travelled to see her on a few occasions, the last a while back, really to say good-bye. I'm an emotional person, not very strong, and I'm afraid and the thought of travelling 12,000 miles round-trip to attend a funeral does not appeal to me. How on earth do I say no without hurting her feelings whilst she is still with us? Please help me — even if to say I should just be strong and attend the funeral. Read More 6.8k October 2, 2017 "Where grief and celebration meet": This end of life pet photo session will break and warm your heart Beth pulled me aside in her veterinary practice and with tears in her eyes told me that she'd found a mass on Sawyer. It would not be long until he was gone. She wanted photos to capture his unique spirit, before he passed. In Beth's grief journey, she made a bucket list for Sawyer and brazenly checked every goddamn thing off of it twice. So we set to making the bucket list part of the photo celebration of his life… Read More 2.2k 16 Comments April 5, 2017 How to talk about death when no one else wants to Death is natural, and having concerns about death is natural. What isn't natural is entirely rejecting the reality of the human condition and refusing to talk about death. This is a tough topic, but here are a few things that might be helpful… Read More 123…12
3.1k 38 Comments December 12, 2017 My sister wants me to be a pallbearer at her funeral, but I don't want to go at all My sister has written to me asking if I'd be a pallbearer at her funeral. She is terminally ill with only a few months to live. I love her. She lives 6,000 miles away. I have, over the past few years, travelled to see her on a few occasions, the last a while back, really to say good-bye. I'm an emotional person, not very strong, and I'm afraid and the thought of travelling 12,000 miles round-trip to attend a funeral does not appeal to me. How on earth do I say no without hurting her feelings whilst she is still with us? Please help me — even if to say I should just be strong and attend the funeral. Read More 6.8k October 2, 2017 "Where grief and celebration meet": This end of life pet photo session will break and warm your heart Beth pulled me aside in her veterinary practice and with tears in her eyes told me that she'd found a mass on Sawyer. It would not be long until he was gone. She wanted photos to capture his unique spirit, before he passed. In Beth's grief journey, she made a bucket list for Sawyer and brazenly checked every goddamn thing off of it twice. So we set to making the bucket list part of the photo celebration of his life… Read More 2.2k 16 Comments April 5, 2017 How to talk about death when no one else wants to Death is natural, and having concerns about death is natural. What isn't natural is entirely rejecting the reality of the human condition and refusing to talk about death. This is a tough topic, but here are a few things that might be helpful… Read More 123…12
6.8k October 2, 2017 "Where grief and celebration meet": This end of life pet photo session will break and warm your heart Beth pulled me aside in her veterinary practice and with tears in her eyes told me that she'd found a mass on Sawyer. It would not be long until he was gone. She wanted photos to capture his unique spirit, before he passed. In Beth's grief journey, she made a bucket list for Sawyer and brazenly checked every goddamn thing off of it twice. So we set to making the bucket list part of the photo celebration of his life… Read More 2.2k 16 Comments April 5, 2017 How to talk about death when no one else wants to Death is natural, and having concerns about death is natural. What isn't natural is entirely rejecting the reality of the human condition and refusing to talk about death. This is a tough topic, but here are a few things that might be helpful… Read More 123…12
2.2k 16 Comments April 5, 2017 How to talk about death when no one else wants to Death is natural, and having concerns about death is natural. What isn't natural is entirely rejecting the reality of the human condition and refusing to talk about death. This is a tough topic, but here are a few things that might be helpful… Read More 123…12