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With faith, you can walk through anything calmly.74

Death Vigil: the Ultimate Zen Experience

The hours leading up to 1:23 am this morning are not a blur at all. They are remarkably clear. I recall details that would normally escape notice. I am acutely aware of what I was thinking and feeling...

38 comments    family religion death
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How to Comfort a Man

There's a joke that circulates on email every so often about how to please a woman (a list of about 50 items) vs. how to please a man (Show up naked. Bring beer). Sure, that's all well and good for everyday....

64 comments    love advice family
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A Fatherless Fathers Day

Is it still Father's Day if your father is dead? What if the closest paternal surrogates -- father-in-law and favorite uncles -- are also deceased? This will be my first year minus a real-live father...

26 comments    life family children
24 carat gold to go in the ground? Whose guilt is that?70

Funerals -- a Survivors' Guide

I am not a morbid person. Honestly. True, this is the third hub I've written on the subject of funerals and dying. With any luck, I will be taking a long hiatus to write about the joys of sending a son off to...

19 comments    family religion death
Go away!66

Death: Third Time's the Harm

It's one thing to lose a parent after a long, fulfiling life. My father and Hubby's father made it to their mid 80's. That's how it should be. My father and father-in-law got to see their children married...

32 comments    relationships death disease
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