

Mother's Day
As some of you already know, this past year I have been working as a hospice volunteer and a death doula. It has been a challenging, wondrous, draining, heart-warming, illuminating time. I can’t say it has been easy. But I can say that it has been beautiful. Through this work,
I have been honored to witness many genuinely raw human moments, sometimes from an intimate perspective and other times merely in passing, as a fly on the wall. Some of the most loving, loaded, and com


Death is Political
Why is it more important than ever for the death positive
movement to be political? There has been growing concern over how the current change of administration in the US will affect the rights of immigrants, muslims, lgbtq people, dissidents and other minorities. Death is the great equalizer and dying well is a right that should be afforded to everyone whenever possible* regardless of sex, gender, creed, orientation, race, citizenship and religious beliefs. Having your lo