Even if you don’t stop to read the obituary page every day, it’s hardly a secret that people die from horrible diseases, that they’re taken too soon, and that life is inherently unfair.
For the most part we might stop to read a few lines, then move along because life goes on; that’s the nature of life. Read more →
These are the kind of words that, once you read them, you never forget.
‘What keeps me going is remembering why I’m here.’
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Brittany Maynard found out recently that she has terminal brain cancer. She’s announced via YouTube that she intends to die two day’s after her husband’s birthday in November.
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Back when I was in the sixth grade, I thought that 60 would be a good time to die. What’s the point, I reasoned, of living to be so old?
This year I turned 60. I long ago realized that sixth graders aren’t that bright on matters of longevity.
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Paradise Funeral Chapel president Ivan Phillips says he came up with the idea after noting that elderly people have a difficult time getting into the funeral home. Read more →
Our man in Hendricks, Steve Hemmingsen, writes today to pass along the wintertime work of Don Buller, who is spending his time working on his coffin. Read more →
NPR’s Planet Money has dropped in on La Crosse, Wis., to find out why so many people there have planned for their deaths, writing down what they want to have happen at their end of their lives. Read more →
Bob Collins