In her book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Bronnie Ware, who worked in Palliative Care, describes some common 'regrets' that surfaced with patients as they neared their final days:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I didn’t work so hard. (mostly from male patients)
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
When I was at the End of Life Forum in Croke Park in October, a lady who had been through a lot for her years, spoke very courageously about her own experiences with death and loss. Most in the audience were moved to tears with her words. One aspect of what she said remained with me. When speaking of the tragedy of losing a baby to still birth she spoke of how people, in an effort to provide...
With recent death of Gary Speed at the weekend, the online and offline media world has been dissecting every part of his life and death. It was announced by the Football Association of Wales that Gary Speed hung himself on November 27th 2011.
When someone we love takes their own life, it can be so painful for those left behind as they focus on why and how they could have changed the course of...
Illamasqua have joined forces with Leverton & Sons Funeral Home in London to create what they call the Final Act of Self-Expression. A service, which can be booked as part of a pre-arranged service with the funeral home and costs from £450. Illamasque say "This unique service encourages people for whom making-up is an intimate part of their identity to plan their final transformation - one that...
The 19th-century bushranger Notorious Ned Kelly will get a final farewell at a private funeral 130 years after he was hanged in a Victorian jail for shooting a policeman. This week, Kelly's family received the news they were hoping for - that his last wish to be buried with his family would come true.
But as in his short life, there is controversy in his death. His grave will no doubt attract...
