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Tag Archives: terminal illness
“My Last Days” by Justin Baldoni
The documentary series emphasizes life much more than the prospect of death
The cable network The CW has an online documentary series called “My Last Days.” It tells the stories of people living with terminal illness. But it is much more about life than the subjects’ impending deaths. One episode focuses on … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain Cancer, Fulfilling Life, Happiness, Jess Oldwyn, Kendrick Evans, Life, My Last Days, Sleep Apnea, terminal illness, The CW
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Spinning Out of Control
Life doesn’t stop because someone in the family is terminally ill
One of the difficult realities that people living with a terminal illness must deal with is the fact that life goes on much as it did before. Despite the “new normals” of doctor’s appointments and lab tests and physical changes … Continue reading
“Because I Could Not Stop For Death” by Emily Dickinson
A poem that describes an encounter with mortality
“Because I could not stop for death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves And immortality.” Emily Dickinson, born in 1830, was in many ways a living contradiction. She was raised in a Calvinist, orthodox, conservative … Continue reading
Addiction: The Terminal Illness No One Talks About
Addiction and its aftermath kill millions of Americans every year
Turn on the radio or TV news today and you will probably hear something about America’s epidemic of drug abuse. Opioids (a class of drugs that includes prescription medicines like oxycodone and fentanyl as well as the illegal drug heroin), … Continue reading
“My Last Days: Claire Wineland” by Justin Baldoni
Online documentary follows an inspirational teenager with cystic fibrosis
Claire Wineland, 19, has cystic fibrosis. She’s living on “borrowed time” as the cliché goes, because she has lived longer than doctors led her and her parents to believe she would. Claire has faced the prospect of death for her … Continue reading
Foster Parent Only Takes in Terminally Ill Foster Children
Mohamed Bzeek has cared for many children whose lives were cut short
Most people will not take in foster children at any time in their lives. It’s a difficult thing to care for a child for most of their life, only to see them leave (possibly forever) once they become an adult. … Continue reading
