Exploring Grief, Loss, Death and Dying

Exploring Death

This anonymous blogger created the blog entitled SarSaparillameliSSa to explore her world through photography and the written word. “The Tree that Bleeds” is a poem dedicated to exploring death. Here’s an excerpt:

Long sunset shadows

chill his bones. He skulks low,

hidden in the gloom.

Cog, integral to

the quiet wooded coomb.

A Dying Man’s Daily Journal

Bill began his blog Dying man’s daily journal after surviving four heart attacks and a brain tumor, and finally hearing from his doctor, “You are dying.” Through this journal Bill shares the revelations that are coming to him as a result of the dramatic change to his perception on life. He states:

Hearing the words “you are dying” come out of your doctors mouth, tends to really catch your attention, or at least it did in my case. I can now see that it was indeed at that moment, the “transformation” of my thinking began in earnest.

Symbolic Language

Namaste Consulting Inc. shares this excerpt from Final Gifts by Maggie Callahan and Patricia Kelley, regarding the language that those at the end-of-life use to express their feelings to their loved ones.

My Lymphoma Journey

Andrew began his blog My Lymphoma Journey after his diagnosis with Lymphoma in 2009, to share his journey and help others and himself to reflect “on the deeper and practical understanding and learning of this journey.”