Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the market she raises her voice; at the head of the […]
Death
Celebration of Life. This phrase has become more commonly used in past years, probably because our sensitive hearts […]
Dear Death, Damn you. I am tired of you. I am close to snapping because of you. I […]
We like to know what to say in hard situations. We search for the right words. We like […]
He wept. His friend was dead. One of the people he loved in his life, someone he cared […]
Grit between his teeth. Dry overcoming his mouth and his cheek. Slowly sucking all of the moisture out […]
Yes, I recently watched the Lion King (for about the 95th time). The real one from 1994, not […]
So often we avoid the word “dead” with phrases like, “she passed away,” or, “we lost her.” Obviously […]
You are going to die. How does that make you feel? Do you shudder? Get sick to your […]
I have a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shadeAnd apple-blossoms fill the […]
Imagine you were going to die tonight, surrounded by family and friends. You know that this is your […]
Welcome. On behalf of the family of the deceased, I would like to thank you for being here. […]
Our Lord seems to have had a strange relationship with death. Often the way he acted around it […]
Western society is obsessed with living here for as long as possible. The manifestations of this focus at first […]
The room was that bland shade of off-white. Sterile, except for the mobile hanging from the ceiling that […]
We had recently moved into our new house in an unfamiliar place called Davenport. We were doing the […]
The worst part about living in these times is not the challenges of political division, social tension, or […]
They never see it coming. Because she was beautiful in every way, to those in her care. She […]
We’re getting sick of the whole mess. The cliché of this being an unprecedented time, the dumpster fire […]
The stoic philosophers would famously use the phrase memento mori which translated into English says, “Remember that you […]