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Author Archives: Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
How to Cope with a Terminal Illness? – An Interview with Michael Engelberg
A longtime oncologist shares his thoughts on coping with a terminal condition and dying a "good death"
Doctor Michael Engelberg is an oncologist of 40 years, based at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles, California. Aurora: Let’s say I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, or another terminal illness. What should my first steps be? Dr. Engelberg: I … Continue reading
What are some advice for cancer patients? An Interview with Doctor C
How doctors can make a killing keeping end-of-life patients "alive"
This is an interview with an oncologist at a leading cancer treatment center in Tucson, Arizona. We will call him Doctor C. Aurora: What question do you most often receive as an oncologist? Dr. C: “How do you stand it?” … Continue reading
“Every blade in the field, every leaf in the forest, lays down its life in its season, as beautifully as it was taken up.”
-Henry David Thoreau
When I’m Dead And Gone
- McGuinness Flint
When I’m Dead And Gone – Lyrics By Graham Lyle & Benny Gallagher Ooh I love you baby, I love you night and day When I leave you baby, don’t cry the night away When I die, don’t you write … Continue reading
An Interview with Jerrigrace Lyons
One of the first home funeral consultants shares her wisdom
Jerrigrace Lyons is a family funeral guide and educator—one of the original pioneers of the home funeral movement. She is a founding member of the Home Funeral Alliance, and the founder and director of Final Passages, through which she both … Continue reading
The Unknown Shore
by Elizabeth Clark Hardy
Sometime at Eve when the tide is low I shall slip my moorings and sail away With no response to a friendly hail In the silent hush of the twilight pale When the night stoops down to embrace the day … Continue reading
