Dying: A Book of Comfort
 

• One path to a happier life: Thinking more about death ( Dana Milbank column, Washington Post, 2-20-26)
    "Once a month, Curry, Tate, Hutchinson and four other women, all ranging in age from 78 to 89, get together to share a midday potluck and talk about their demise. They discuss their care needs, their living options, their end-of-life wishes. They’ve signed do-not-resuscitate orders together and drafted their own obituaries.
    "It may sound macabre, and terribly depressing. But the women, all but two of whom have been widowed, say it has been just the opposite for them: a life-affirming exercise that has given new meaning to their final chapters."

 
• We should all have the end-of-life conversation (Ellen Goodman on The Conversation Project). "Too many people are dying in the way they would not choose. Surveys tell us that 70 percent of Americans, for example, want to die at home but 70 percent end up dying in hospitals and institutions....Too many survivors, for that matter, are left not just mourning but feeling guilty, depressed, uncertain of whether they have done the right thing.... And we cannot wait for "the right time"  Read More