by Peggy Flynn | May 31, 2023 | All, Dying and Dealth, Spiritual Direction
The metaphor of the butterfly is often used to illustrate the stages in the process of transformation: caterpillar→cocoon→butterfly. The caterpillar gets the signal somehow, someway, to begin to spin fiber around itself; creating a cocoon/chrysalis within which it...
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 | 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 | Sep 24, 2021 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth, Resources
Okay, here’s my conundrum. So far this year 6 people have brought up the matter of pre-arranging their funerals. I described the process and gave my two main incentives for doing this ASAP. For one, the price of these arrangements is going up each year so essentially,...
by Peggy Flynn | Jul 2, 2021 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth
A search on Google—aging and loneliness—produced about 11,700,000 results (0.54 seconds). Major topic areas include: Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults How to Reduce Loneliness in the Elderly Elderly Loneliness Covid Health Effects of...