Articles tagged: "death and dying"

1: The Mothers of Section Sixty

They come each Sunday with their flowers and beach chairs, their photos and mementos of times now past, to sit by the beloved headstones that mark the last resting place of their warrior sons or daughters, these women of Section Sixty Despite the fact that Arlington National Cemetery has strict regulations regarding decorating trees that stand amongst the headstones, or leaving pictures and sweet remembrances at the gravesites, these mothers leave them nonetheless, even knowing that in a week, or two, or three, they will be swept away by the ground 's caretakers, and that they will come back afterward with new pictures, new flowers, new love

2: The Challenge Of Death And Dying: Letting Go Of A Loved One

Beloved Ones, the passage into death is not one to be feared, but one that signals the completion of one phase of life so that another can begin For in truth, there is no such thing as death, only ongoing life for souls in an ever-expanding process of exploration and learning

3: The Challenge Of Death And Dying: Caring For Aging Parents

The process of dying is one of the great stages of learning of the human soul, often met with fear and resistance, yet even in the presence of these, filled with the growth of the soul in its appreciation of its relationship to life There is no one way to experience dying so that it produces the maximum amount of growth