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Sep 2, 2020
3 min

Interview with a Virus

As a virus, I will keep doing what I’m made to do. That will never change. Humans have to decide whether they are willing to change

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Aug 24, 2020
2 min

Words and Phrases We Shared with Our Loved One

“Do you know what a boy’s best friend is?” I said something like, “I don’t know—like a dog or something?” She responded, “No, a boy’s best f

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Jul 21, 2020
3 min

Telling Your Parent(s) What to Do: A Few Gentle Suggestions

Whenever anyone we care for begins to show a diminished capacity, we want to help. This brief article offers some guidelines for help

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Jul 21, 2020
5 min

I Can’t Stand Your Grief

You may not have heard the exact words in the title, but I’m sure you’ve felt it by people in your life.

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Jul 21, 2020
3 min

Left Out

Once again we were left out of his life—and now, his death.

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Jul 21, 2020
4 min

Why We Cannot Live Every Moment as if We Would Die Tomorrow

Why We Cannot Live Every Moment as if We Would Die Tomorrow Bob Baugher, Ph.D. Psychology Department Highline College Because our brain i...

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Jul 21, 2020
6 min

When I Get Sick, I’m Telling Everyone

I want people in my life to know. I want to give them a chance—an honest chance—to begin to absorb the idea that I am dying

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Jul 21, 2020
7 min

What I Learned from Reading 2,000 Deathbed Fantasies

It’s true. I’ve read a couple thousand submissions by people who wrote what it might feel like if they had 20 minutes to live

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Jul 21, 2020
4 min

My First Death

His name was Donald and I first met him when he was 9 and I was 12

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Jul 21, 2020
3 min

I Teach College Courses on Death—and Love It!

Where were you on February 4, 1975? Were you not yet born? I was preparing to leave my home to teach a course in general psychology at Fort

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Jul 21, 2020
5 min

How to Use Death Insurance to Trick Death

Don’t let Death win, laughing at your loved ones as they stand there after you die, wondering why you didn't act when you still had a chance

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Jul 21, 2020
5 min

Grieving People Scare Me

Let’s look at why the average person may be nervous around a person in grief.

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Interview with a Virus

Words and Phrases We Shared with Our Loved One

Telling Your Parent(s) What to Do: A Few Gentle Suggestions

I Can’t Stand Your Grief

Left Out

Why We Cannot Live Every Moment as if We Would Die Tomorrow

When I Get Sick, I’m Telling Everyone

What I Learned from Reading 2,000 Deathbed Fantasies

My First Death

I Teach College Courses on Death—and Love It!

How to Use Death Insurance to Trick Death

Grieving People Scare Me