This is the Place for Your Stories of Grief, Loss, and End of Life

Welcome.  You have come to the right place, and I am glad you are here.

This is a safe place to share stories of love and loss, devastating grief, exhausting care-giving, memorials, advanced directives.  We want to hear about about what you wish we had known or done differently, what you wish those around you had known or done differently, and what went right.

Every life is different and every death is different, but one thing we know, it is not like the movies.  The people we love do not just sigh sweetly and close their eyes.  Dying can be ugly and painful.  Helping those who are dying can be a moving experience that brings families closer, but it can also be a time of stress so severe that there is no recovery, so that just when we need to strengthen our connections with those who are still here, we find we do not know how.

This is a place for you to share your stories in whatever way will make you feel better.  No judgment, only a caring community to let you know we want to listen and we want to know.

There are those around you who will tell you that it is better if you stop talking about death.  They are wrong.  We will never tell you to move on or find closure.  We know the only thing that can help is to tell your story.  It keeps us close to the ones who have died and it creates and strengthens our bonds with each other.

We would be honored if you would share your stories with us here.