Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog, which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Ware writes of the phenomenal clarity of…
Betsy chaired the meeting with13 present, and 2 joined in using Zoom. After a time of sharing, Michael Mascall and Jody Rodgers told us about the Quadra Island Foundation, which has been in existence for 3 years. Michael and Jody shared how the organization started, how far they’ve come, and the intent of the foundation, which is to support a…
A will is a legal document that leaves instructions about what the person making the will wants done with their estate and obligations after they die. Your estate is made up of the property and possessions, also known as the assets, that you own at your death (some exceptions are joint ownership and those with a designated beneficiary). With a…
13 of us met in Room 3 of the QCC, and 2 by Zoom. Carol Foort chaired. We watched a video presentation “Community-Supported Dying – the Story of Mary Morgan”. A group of three people in Powell River – Julia Adam, Laurie Norman and Anna Byrne – who met in a Death and Dying book club assisted their friend Mary through…