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Tag Archives: Death
An Ode to Johnny
Last June I wrote several posts about death. (You can read them here: Death Comes in Threes (Or More), Staring Into the Abyss, and Saying Goodbye.) In short, a friend’s husband died of cancer as did a fellow autism mom. … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Family, Grief, John P. Murdoch Jr, Letting Go, Loss, Pain, Suicide, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Unplanned Life
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Staring Into the Abyss
Apparently four people weren’t enough death and dying for one week. Shortly after I wrote my last post, I received an email from a mom of a child who attended school with my daughter Katie for the past three years. … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, Cancer, Death, Fear, Gratitude, Grief, Letting Go, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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Death Comes in Threes (Or More)
It’s going to be a long, sad week. There’s far too much death and dying in my crazy corner of the world. First, a writer I know, Joyce Maynard, announced that her husband, Jim Barringer, was dying. I was shocked. … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Cancer, Death, Divorce, Expectations, Jim Barringer, Joyce Maynard, Letting Go, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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Everyday Moments, Caught in Time
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. He is an English professor at City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 40 years. Accessibility is not a word … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Collins, Budapest, Creativity, Death, Forgetfulness, Mice, Poetry, Some Days, The Country, The Dead, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writing Life
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The Four Stories We Tell Ourselves About Death
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have philosopher Stephen Cave, author of the book Immortality, who asks a dark but compelling question: when did you first realize you were going to die? And even more interestingly: Why do … Continue reading
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Tagged Bias, Culture, Death, Faith, Fear, Humanity, Stephen Cave, Story
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