I have attended three funerals in two weeks: a 20-something, a 30-something – both died unexpectedly – and a 60-something who had a year to live with a cancer diagnosis. And while the 60-something had time to plan, she did not include some important details.…
At the end of people's lives, many people, if they can face the hard fact, regret the times they hurt others in ways small and large. Kent Hoffman, my Wise Words interview Saturday, believes in the power of kindness. He said it's an antidote to…
There's a saying that if you hear something -- a phrase or a story -- three times in a short time, it means the universe is trying to get your attention. Well, I'm listening. In the past week, I've heard or read three different stories…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked back in a press release today to its June 1-June 18, 1982 weekly morbidity report when the agency first reported on what would become the AIDS/HIV epidemic. "At the time, no one could have predicted the enormous…
Over the weekend, I went through four boxes of "must save" items from the past 40 years. It's such an emotional process to decide what to save, what to pitch. In one box, from my year as a young reporter in Delaware, I came across…
Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.
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