Here are the first 7 in a list of 15 things, which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering and instead of letting them all go, instead […]

Almost six months ago someone had asked me if, after the interment for my parents in July, that would be the end of my grieving…would I be able to get on with my life and put everything behind me. When the comment was made I had thought, “Maybe…maybe not. Grief is a journey. Is there […]

Thanks for passing this on Roger: Why do I have a variety of friends who are all so different in character? How can I get along with them all? I think that each one helps to bring out a “different” part of me. With one of them I am polite. I joke with another friend. […]

Thanks for sending the following to me, Diana: A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been six-years-old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to […]

She can deal with stress and carry heavy burdens. She smiles when she feels like screaming, and she sings when she feels like crying. She cries when she’s happy and laughs when she’s afraid. Her love is unconditional. There’s only one thing wrong with her. She forgets what she’s worth! (Pass this to every beautiful […]

I’m thinking a good death is one in which a person dies on his or her own terms, relatively free from pain, in a supported and dignified setting, with affairs in order. The tenets in The Four Things That Matter Most, by Ira Byock, a medical doctor who professes the need for a dying person […]

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease.  Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies […]

A vacationing American businessman standing on the pier of a quaint coastal fishing village in southern Mexico watched as a small boat with just one young Mexican fisherman pulled into the dock. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. Enjoying the warmth of the early afternoon sun, the American complimented the Mexican on […]

Written by Andy Rooney, a man having the gift of saying so much with so few words. He died Friday November 4, 2011, according to CBS, only a month after delivering his 1,097th and final televised commentary. He was 92 years old. I’ve learned…That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of […]

To live in the hearts of those we leave is not to die. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James