Kids talk about death, too.
My current "day job" is as a crossing guard for the elementary school my stepson attends. Luckily that school is across the street from...
Goodbye, Skips.
Skips was a gerbil. He had lovely sable fur and he loved to have it petted. He was quite affectionate for such a timid creature. ...
The Life of Death by Marsha Onderstijn
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Ritual Offerings in Burials
The desire to bury our dead with items dates back, as far as we now know, to the Neolithic period. Members of the Natufian culture --...
Being a Death Doula for an Animal Companion
Westerners have a euphemism for when an animal dies -- they're waiting at the Rainbow Bridge. The idea originates from a series of...
My Father's Death Doula
I became my father's death doula quite by accident. From the moment he entered hospice, I spent every night after work and every weekend...
Recommended Reading
Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death by Henry Fersko-Weiss Caring for the Dying describes a whole new way to...
What is a "child of Persephone?"
A child of Persephone, as my aunt described, is someone with one foot in this world and one in the other. A child -- or priestess -- of...
Valentine's Day: Be Still my Heart
I'm one of those people that really doesn't like Valentine's Day. I have a number of reasons, but the best one is I believe in showing...
