The unexpected surprises of caregiving.
Read MoreWhy I Support VINE Sanctuary
Today I would like to celebrate one specific sanctuary, VINE Sanctuary, http://vine.bravebirds.org/ and highlight the kinds of political and philosophical stances sanctuaries like VINE represent.
Read More"I will do my part": giving the Christmas gift of a good death
Before dawn, as my mother was dying, near death, I crunched my way through three feet of newly-fallen snow and stopped in this opening in the woods, and suddenly (like a dove descending from heaven--it truly was that profound), all my tumultuous feelings resolved into a profound understanding: the gift my sisters and I and my father and the caregivers were giving my mother was the gift of a good death.
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