by Peggy Flynn | Nov 30, 2022 | Aging, All
It is important to have a day dedicated to saying Thank You. Of course, as with Mother’s Day, the project can devolve into a commercial, saccharine mockery. My inbox is full of Thanksgiving reflections–many of which are profound, others not so much. Is there...
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 | 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...