Living with Dying

Susan – “Hope”

Susan talks about being pragmatic about her life and hopeful for her daughter.

Susan – “Beliefs”

Susan shares her personal thoughts on beliefs and what happens after you die.

Susan – “Diagnosis”

Susan discusses her diagnosis and her process of dealing with it.

Susan – “Dying well”

Susan talks about how the individual decides to go about the process of dying.

Grief and Parenting in the Disability Community

In this blog post, Carrie writes about being the parent and primary caregiver to a child with disabilities and grieving the loss of a child dying from their disabilities.

Susan – “Honour”

Susan discusses dying and lives well lived.

When Death Feels like a Thief

In the heart of my grief, at my frailest, all I could see was what was no more. I grieved all that was stolen from me by death; love, security and even my very self. Had I known the value of having every pocket of who I was, picked bare by grief, I would not have fought so hard to hold onto it all.

Susan – “Death literacy”

Susan talks about knowledge and the process of dying.

Susan – “Not wanting to be a burden”

Susan talks about the fear of dying becoming a burden and selfishness.

Susan – “What I think about”

Susan explains how she is living and dying at the same time.

Susan – “Legacy”

Susan explains her thoughts on three levels of legacy… material, spiritual and the dying story.

Susan – “My story”

Susan talks about her story and her decision to stop chemotherapy.