death

Very Much Alive, Part 5
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Very Much Alive, Part 5

This post is part of a series of journal entries written throughout my mother’s two-and-a-half-year experience with cancer. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.  Navigating Life After Death After we scattered my mom’s ashes, I returned home to the Miami area to resume caring for my 4-year-old and…

Pet Loss Taught Me to be Present with Death
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Pet Loss Taught Me to be Present with Death

In 2020, I fostered two neonatal kittens for my birthday, not knowing they were neonatal at the time. The organization I’d been approved to foster for had been sending emails blasts begging for fosters for litters of kittens, and while I saw their daily pleas, I didn’t want to commit to round-the-clock bottle feeding and…

What You Need to Know About Life Insurance
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What You Need to Know About Life Insurance

I don’t sell life insurance and nobody is paying me to share this. As a death doula, I understand the peace-of-mind life insurance can bring to loved ones left to wrap up your affairs after you die, and I want to simplify the buying process for you. The sooner you buy life insurance, the better,…

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Post-Traumatic Growth
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The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Post-Traumatic Growth

  One of the biggest things I struggled with after my mom died was dealing with people who had not experienced anything similar and/or had zero compassion for the grieving. (You’d be surprised how many people have experienced a death and still aren’t extending any “get-out-of-jail-free” passes when they see someone walking a path they…