Category Archives: Death & Dying

The Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Having got caught early on last spring in one of those “Take the Plunge” challenges, I’ve been lying low lately, hoping to avoid the “Ice Bucket Challenge” or whatever it’s called. I thought I had made it, frankly. The likely … Continue reading →

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A Good Race

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I faced a bit of a dilemma last weekend. After getting news of my mother’s death early Thursday evening, I had to decide what to do about the mud run on Saturday for which I’d registered back in April. In … Continue reading →

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Never Her Own Person

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I can’t speak to her years of growing up, of being a teenager but I suspect that as the oldest of at least eight children, Mom probably never really had the chance to be a kid. If memory serves me … Continue reading →

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The Sharing of the Centuries

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Doc Arnett

For all of those who have shared, and will continue to share in these expressions of love and mercy, I give thanks. Continue reading →

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What Shall I Grieve?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Doc Arnett

My mother was granted release from the prison of flesh last evening. She was 99 years old and died peacefully with some family members present. Continue reading →

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Even in Darkness, Light

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Doc Arnett

One of Mom’s favorite scripture quotes is “all things work together for good for those who love the Lord.” Finding comfort in that today… Continue reading →

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At River’s Edge

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes in their last hours on this earth, it seems others can see things that we cannot… Continue reading →

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The Aftermath of Suicide

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Doc Arnett

There are many tragedies in this world and few departings from it that do not involve at least some degree of sorrow and sadness. Even when we can see the release that death brings from some long lingering disease, we … Continue reading →

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The Long Count

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Some folks go quickly, it seems like Mom is dying one pound at a time… Continue reading →

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Comfort

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I have seen close enough
the long aching pain
the death of a child brings a mother. Continue reading →

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