Death Matters

Planning Together for End of Life

  • Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.  – Pema Chödrön

    (slide 1 – spring)

  • Live every day as if it's your last, because someday you're going to be right. – Muhammad Ali

    (slide 2 – summer)

  • Recognizing mortality means we are willing to see what is true. Seeing what is true is grounding. It brings us into the present. — Roshi Joan Halifax

    (slide 3 – autumn)

  • There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

    (slide 4 – winter)

Death Matters offers opportunities to explore, discuss, contemplate, dream, share, and plan for the final adventure we all inevitably experience. No doubt it will still come as a surprise, but perhaps not a shocking one. Let’s talk about it.

Funeral Guidance

Funerals

Plan the ideal celebration of your own life or the life of a loved one at the time and the place of your choosing.  We can help you answer and carry out the what, when, where, how, and who of this event.

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Green Burial

Here is a thing to consider… you in diapers again.  When people are contemplating their end-of-life plans (and there aren’t enough of you doing that) a common marker is whether you can manage to take yourself to the bathroom or not.  Sometimes folks say when the day comes that they can’t manage their own ablutions, […]

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