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Eating Alone

One afternoon, pre-pandemic, I was searching for the courage to get divorced and drove alone to a small restaurant about

  • 01/01/2021
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Being Away From Ailing Loved Ones

I asked Jane Whitlock, an end-of-life doula who has led workshops for Minnesota Women’s Press, to offer suggestions on how families can grieve physical separation from loved ones.

  • 04/10/2020
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Transforming Hearts (Including My Own)

Kelly D. Holstine (Photo by Sarah Whiting) Over the past 12 years, thousands of students have shared their hearts, brains,

  • 07/01/2019
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Helping My Mother Die

In March 2017, my sisters and I gathered in my mom’s bedroom as her pacemaker was deactivated by a hospice

  • 04/01/2019
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Taking the Taboo Out of My Chronic Pain

I am a 23-year-old dancer, singer, cook, and reader. I have a feisty and loveable orange cat named Olly. I adore sushi, candles,

  • 09/01/2018
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Her singing eases funeral pain

“There are funerals where they bring out a boombox and it’s so impersonal. It doesn’t honor or celebrate the person,

  • 07/01/2015