It can also prove difficult finding the rightwords of empathywhen writing to a loved one or friend who isterminally ill. Bear in mind, those who find themselves or a loved one seriously ill may still be shocked so, in a letter, offering help and comfort is what is appreciated and needed...
“It’s a long time since I drank champagne.” “我很久没有喝香槟了。” ——ANTON CHEKHOV (安东·契诃夫) Terminally ill, he went with his wife Olga to Badenweiler. Later she recalled his dying moments:“Anton sat up unusually straight and said loudly and clearly (although he knew almost...
If you’re terminally ill, it comes down to basic questions of meaning. If it’s happiness we wish for, or any other goal, really, I wonder if it wouldn’t be useful to take a page from the hospice book: to begin each day with an honest assessment of where things stand, followed ...
I wrote this as a response to a friend’s question and decided that, as it’s been well over a year since we updated this poor lonely blog, maybe, just maybe, I could post it here. The question was regardingthis article, which reports on some research arguing that Old English couldn’...
The approach of physician-assisted suicide respects an individual’s need for personal dignity. It does not force the terminally ill patient to linger hopelessly, and helplessly, often at great cost to their psyche. It drive’s people mad knowing they are going to die in a short period of ...
Your best friend is a good pair of shoes. She paid fifty-five dollars for hers, much more than she would usually spend. She's discovered something else too. You don't have to know much about food to be a good waitress, but you do have to know a lot about people. “A lot of ...
s why whatever mutual friend it was connected us in the first place. I have reposted your words several times and, on more than one occasion, thought to myself, “Wow. This guy put what I was thinking into words perfectly.” So, I think it’s fair to say that on a wide range of...
I’m now 64, and terminally ill, with a cancer diagnosis that gives me maybe a year. I’d love to cap off my Leicaphilia blog with an extended series on the new M6. Thanks for considering. With Warm Regards, Tim Vanderweert Leica never responded. Any Ideas why not? Hits: 620 This...
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Who are you? And what do you want to say? In only one case where I was asked to come to paint and interview, was the person too ill when I arrived, either to know that I was there, or to speak to me. This is the painting of Peter and Anne Snell, Figure 4. Peter was very ...