Tag Archive: death

Deathbed Regrets

A friend recently pointed me to an article written by a hospice nurse.  This nurse spent her career working with people who were dying, beyond recovery, and aware of it.   Her job, primarily, was to provide comfort, whether that be physical or emotional. During her conversations, she found several themes when her patients discussed…

Funeral Costs: How to Keep it Inexpensive, Without Being Cheap

The average funeral costs $6500.    Many people die with absolutely no savings.   Even if there is life insurance, it takes weeks to get the money, while a funeral is completed within a week. Funeral homes have an easy sales pitch.  Nobody wants to sully the memory of their loved ones.   The tiniest…

You’re Gonna Die, Part 1

If you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today? How would you spend your last hours?  Would you go skydiving before the chance evaporated forever, or would you spend the day talking with your loved ones? If you knew you would die in a month, what would you do?  Would…

Save Your Family

I don’t attach much importance to dreams.  They are just there to make sleepy-time less boring. Last night, I had a dream where I spent most of my time trying to prepare my wife to run our finances before telling my son that I wouldn’t be around to watch him grow up.    That’s an unpleasant…