June 24 Email and Links

 The following is our email from June 24, 2022.

We had 10 people at last night’s meeting, enough to sit at one table, determine our topics, and talk away. Here are the notes and resources from that evenin.

General Introductions

Death:

Have you lost close family members? How did that shape your view of your own life and death?

Have you made decisions such as cremation or burial? How did you make those decisions? Are family members aware of your wishes?

Have you prepared documents including details such as how to open your electronic files? 

Is your home overflowing with papers and possessions? Have you provided information about what is important to you and why? 

How would you like to be remembered?

Resources:

How do you want to die? A mission to make death part of popular conversation 

10-minute video from March 28, 2015 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-movement-urges-scary-conversations-death-among-family-friends

Knowing How Doctors Die Can Change End-Of-Life Discussions

4-minute listen plus article

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/06/413691959/knowing-how-doctors-die-can-change-end-of-life-discussions 

The Beginning and The End

17-minute listen on StoryCorps, NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1097731670/the-beginning-and-the-end

 

Our website with all of these resources is at https://tea-and-talk.blogspot.com.

I hope to see you July 7! 

Cheers,

Marcia