by Peggy Flynn | Jan 30, 2023 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth
Carl Jung compared the unfolding of a human life to the course of a day. As surely as the morning moves into afternoon and then becomes the evening, each life progresses through stages. What can go wrong? “Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the...
by Peggy Flynn | Oct 31, 2022 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth
Tis the Season! No, not that season, although I am sure that we will be inundated with Christmas Holiday stuff soon. But this coming week, we are invited to pay special attention to our dead. Summer is ended. The harvest is in. The days grow shorter and shorter. The...
by Peggy Flynn | Apr 29, 2022 | Aging, All, Books, Caregiving, Dying and Dealth, Resources
In my opinion, this book is poised to be a game-changer in the lived experience of dementia and dementia care. The author, Amy Bloom, describes navigating the realities of her husband’s Alzheimer’s as it impacted the various domains of his life and her life, up to and...
by Peggy Flynn | Mar 30, 2022 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth
First I think it is important to note that the evening of life is not necessarily related to chronological age. Anyone diagnosed with an acute, eventually, terminal illness is moving into the evening of life— his or her particular life. I have often seen a...
by Peggy Flynn | Feb 26, 2022 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth
Neanderthals—dating back to about 160,000 to 40,000 years ago across Eurasia. They were tool makers, hunters, weavers, painters, jewelry makers. Why start our discussion about what comes after with these close relatives, cousins in essence, and ancestors? How are we...
by Peggy Flynn | Feb 24, 2022 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth
What comes after? I have heard that question from individuals facing imminent death. Now I am hearing it from individuals who have heard about my work in spiritual direction. Sometimes the tone is speculative; sometimes there is a trace of fear; and sometimes there is...