Diane Tarantini

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Death 101: The Art of Dying (as taught by Atul Gawande…and my mother)

September 21, 2018

Death 101: Image of Lake of the Woods at sunset

I’ve come a long way, baby. From being the scarediest of cats about so many things. High bridges, for instance. And death. For the longest time, my parents sheltered my brothers and me from post-mortem matters. It wasn’t until the eighth grade that I attended a funeral, my paternal grandfather’s. In the back of the […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Life Tagged: aging parents, Atul Gawande, Being Mortal, benefits of hospice, death, dying, end-of-life issues, hospice care, how to die well, how to not suffer while dying

Good Grief: How to Be a Blessing in Times of Loss

June 16, 2017

Death and dying freak me out. Scratch that. Death and dying used to freak me out. About a dozen years ago, I lost five loved ones in less than two years: my father-in-law, my grandmother, my aunt, my father, and Nana, my grandmother-in-law. That season pretty much desensitized my death phobia. I was sitting in […]

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Filed Under: Relationships Tagged: death, dying, funeral, Funeral food, grief, grieving, How to help people who are grieving, loss, sympathy, What to say at a funeral, What to take to people in the hospital

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