Grieving In Colour — Part II
The second part of guest author Anya Humphrey’s three-part post. A year after her husband died, her son was diagnosed with testicular cancer. This is his story.
Grieving In Colour — Part I
Our guest blogger this week is Anya Humphrey. Anya’s story is long and complex, but we thought it important enough to share in full. As a result, we’ve broken it into three parts — each an aspect of the same… Continue Reading
Just Breathe
This week’s guest author, Dale Long, reflects upon grief. Other pieces in this series have focused on other aspects of dying, but grief and mourning are important too. As Larry Librach used to say, the palliative care physician supports the… Continue Reading
Letting Go
Today we’re returning to our “how we die” postings. This is a story of three deaths: a mother, a father and a brother. It says much about the devastating power of grief, but it also sheds some light on dying… Continue Reading
Misty’s Journey: A Therapy Dog’s Journey To The Heart of Palliative Care
We take a short diversion in our series on “How We Die” this week to consider another aspect of palliative care: the work done by Therapy Dogs. Guest author Fran Carnerie writes from the heart about a handful of patients… Continue Reading
A daughter’s story
In this, the third article in our series by guest authors on “How We Die”, Barbara Nutley Hunter recounts the death of her mother. She raises a question which Larry Librach and I discussed at length during his final illness,… Continue Reading
How Depressing
One of the issues that dominated my thinking as I was writing the book proposal* for Conversations On Dying was how to prevent it sounding completely depressing. Would it even be possible? I was keenly aware of publishers’ aversion to… Continue Reading
When Cancer Came
This is the second in our series of essays by guest authors, who have been generous enough to offer their own stories of dying and death. Phyllis’s palpable difficulty in coping with the increasing physical and mental demands of her… Continue Reading
Call for submissions
Genre: Creative non-fiction What: Short to medium length pieces (2,000 to 4,000 words approximately) on end-of-life experiences. We’re looking for a rich mix of stories: those that illustrate what it means to die a “good death” as well as those… Continue Reading
Janet dies at home
This is the first in what I hope will be a series of articles from guest authors on how we die in the modern world. Sue Reynold’s short memoir of her friend Janet’s death contains many echoes, for me, of… Continue Reading
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