By Lisa Kanarek for Next Avenue On a sunny afternoon a couple of years ago, I returned to my childhood home and walked in on a dance party. My 93-year…
Making Memories: Remember to Get Grandparents in the Picture
By Yona Eichenbaum for Next Avenue As my luggage touched the floor, the need to capture the moment felt urgent. Visceral. Living it wasn’t enough. I needed hard copy. I scooped up my…
Chaplain’s Corner: Facing the Landscape
by Greg Schmidt I love exploring the depth and fullness of beautiful paintings! And some of the paintings I enjoy most are landscapes. I love viewing calm, peaceful, endless miles…
My Family Was Drifting, Memories Were Fading: Time for a Cookbook Project
By Mary Kay Jordan Fleming for Next Avenue For years, I’ve feared my 70-member family was coming apart at the seams. Marriages, relocations, and deaths loosened the bonds my parents stitched together a…
7 Steps for Widows and Widowers to Manage Their First Year Alone
By Anna Byrne for Next Avenue Nothing quite prepares you for the dark and debilitating grief of losing a spouse or life partner. The beginning of every widow or widower’s…
Advance Care Planning: A Gift You Give Yourself – and Your Loved Ones
By Emily Gurnon for Next Avenue Lisa Cassaro and her husband were in their 40s, living in Orcutt, Calif., when they learned about advance care planning in the most difficult way possible. Jeff…
Heart & Soul Hospice organizes classic car show for patient
Bill Hughes has always admired classic cars. Now that Hughes is receiving hospice care, he didn’t think he’d be able to attend another car show. That’s when Heart & Soul…
Living With the Gaps
By Denise Torcicollo for Next Avenue For the first time, I find myself purchasing a box of sympathy cards. I’ve come to expect news of death. Maybe it’s my age.…
Is End of Life Its Own Stage of Life?
By Lola Butcher for Next Avenue Deborah Carr, professor and chair of the sociology department at Boston University, has spent much of her career studying death and dying. That expertise…
For My Grandchildren: A Letter of Love and Legacy
By Connie Zweig for Next Avenue You own my heart. This love has been a surprise — and the most precious gift of my late life. I was not a…