Tag Archives: death

Last Meal

Posted on July 8, 2022 by msw blog

What’s your if-I-only-had-one-meal-left meal? Sushi dinner. And a lot of sake. A lot of sake. For dessert: a piece of vanilla confetti cake—that’s my favorite kind of cake. Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Posted in Kitchen Adventures | Tagged cake, death, Eat well, fresh, grace, Grief, happiness, healing, Last meal, life, love, memories, sushi | 4 Comments

As an experienced emergency-medicine physician, I believe we should do everything we can to avoid deaths filled with suffering and fear. For those terminally ill patients who can qualify, our state’s Death with Dignity law allows them the option to … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged advance directive, Advanced planning, advocacy, assets, communication, death, Death with Dignity law, deaths, dying adults, fear, physician, politics, Roy Graves M.D., Suffering, tagged accountant, terminally ill, time line, treatment, waiting period | 3 Comments

Delayed Deliverance

Posted on April 28, 2022 by msw blog

Ticket stubs, foreign coins. Life’s ephemera tossed into a box. After my husband, Kevin, died of cancer at 49, I packed it away on a shelf, unopened. Now, a decade later, it was time to look. I didn’t expect to … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged admisson, cancer, communication, death, ephemera, grief and loss, journaling, marriage, memories, privacy, realationships, reminder, Reminders, thank you, writer | 2 Comments

Shadows

Posted on April 26, 2022 by msw blog

Heavenly Father, this life can be so hard and painful. But You! . . . You are right there with us, loving us, keeping us, holding us! And You promise never to leave us or forsake us. Death is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged communication, death, decision, distraction, distractions, encouragement, faith, God, gratitude, Grief, guidance, inspiration, life, love, memories, mindfulness, pain, prayer, purpose, recognize, self-awareness, strength | 3 Comments

Accepting His Beautiful Mess

Posted on March 18, 2022 by msw blog

Lou and I fit together like interlocking fingers, but I didn’t know how much I loved him until the day a speeding taxi missed him by the width of a fingernail. For whatever reason in that moment, I thought of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged accident, clutter, death, declutter, feng shui, Home office, Leida Snow, life, love, marriage, messy, perspective, realationships, second chance | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: death

Last Meal

Death with Dignity

Delayed Deliverance

Shadows

Accepting His Beautiful Mess

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