I light candles, they make me feel somebody is here
‘Why do I light candles?” says Barbara. “I didn’t light them because you were coming. I light candles all the time, because when I
‘Why do I light candles?” says Barbara. “I didn’t light them because you were coming. I light candles all the time, because when I
From Ira Byock, prominent palliative care physician and expert in end of life decisions, a lesson in Dying Well. Nobody should have to die in pain. Nobody should have to die alone. Dying Well brings us to the homes and bedsides of families with whom Dr. Byock has worked,
In July, I made my annual pilgrimage to Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala to see my ageing grandparents.
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Sufjan Stevens’s Carrie & Lowell is a meditation on the death of his mother. Danny Wright explains why the album
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