How can I make time slow down? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2008 - 40 answers

Besides the Tibetan Book of the Dead, are there other ancient cultural texts about dying? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2008 - 10 answers

Dying dog. How do I make him comfortable? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - 23 answers

My wife's beloved grandmother died yesterday and we are wondering how to explain things to our three year old daughter. [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 17 answers

Looking for some source of a quote about, or the general idea that, we are all slowly dying, but some are closer than others. [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2007 - 12 answers

I'm spending my Thanksgiving in Malaysia, visiting my one of my aunts, along with others in my extended family. I'm almost certain that this will be the last time I'll ever see her. [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2007 - 7 answers

Questions about the practical aspects of preparing for someone for death and things the survivors need to do after the death. [more inside]
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 14 answers

My friend's sister just died. How to help? [more inside]
posted on Jul 14, 2007 - 19 answers

Have you considered writing your own obituary? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2007 - 14 answers

my mother was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. do any of you have ideas for little things i can do for her to remind her how awesome she is? girls especially. what are some of the best, most thoughtful things loved ones have done for you? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2007 - 27 answers

What are the worst (natural) ways to die as an old person in terms of how it must feel for them? Are there ways to die for which the symptoms cannot be alleviated by medical means and it's just a completely dreadful existence until death? What fraction of people die old horribly? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 31 answers

What should be done/said when the family gathers to witness someone's passing? I need planning to distract me. [more inside]
posted on Dec 31, 2006 - 27 answers

How do I learn what to say to a friend in need? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2005 - 18 answers

The book was probably published in the 1970s or 1980s, with green on the cover, black-and-white photographs throughout, and talked about the death of a bird. I vaguely recall a photo or two of the bird being buried in a shoebox. What is the name of this book, and who is the writer/photographer?
posted on Feb 28, 2005 - 10 answers

GriefandConsolationFilter: I (perhaps too quickly) volunteered to help assemble a memorial scrapbook for a woman who works for the same company as me, and who was murdered by her boyfriend a few days ago. I never met her and I hear she was very nice, so I'm fishing for any good poems, quotes, and or ideas. She was young (24) and died too soon but since we never met, I'm at a loss. All suggestion appreciated muchly.
posted on Feb 4, 2005 - 6 answers

What can/should you do for a co-worker in your department who only has a few weeks left to live, and is already at the hospital?

Even if you aren't particularly close, one has the feeling one should do something. But what?
posted on Jan 14, 2005 - 15 answers

Tonight the father of a close friend of mine passed away. In the last month this is the third relative he has lost and his mother is in cancer treatement : more inside
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 12 answers

Haveyoueverbeendeclareddeadfilter? Yeah. More inside.
posted on Sep 8, 2004 - 22 answers