Mortal Matters
Sara EngramMaking peace with death so we can live with more joy and less regret.
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Who do you want to be when you die?
It seems an odd thing to do — imagining who you will be at your own death.
It’s one thing to think about your ideal deathbed scene — the people you want nearby, even the sounds and aromas.
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But what about you?
Who will you...
Mortal Matters Picks: Four things worth reading
Welcome to Mortal Matters Picks, pieces I’ve read that made me think, taught me something, or added another question to my list.
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The death doula boom
“The Doulas Who Help Us Die,” The New Yorker
Thousands of people are tra...
Have we forgotten how to die?
Until the 20th century, death was a familiar presence and a recognizable process. Caregivers were usually women. They took care of dying family members, just as they helped usher babies into the world.
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As in labor and childb...
The story behind the headline
You’ve probably encountered the six-word story often attributed to Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Its power lies not in what it tells us, but in our gift for wrapping facts into a story.
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The word we didn't celebrate last weekend
Independence was never about going it alone.
Last weekend, the U.S.A. turned 250. Despite the heat, we did what we always do: fireworks, flags, and cookouts. We also repeated a word we hear so often it sometimes floats free of its meaning....
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I'm an award-winning journalist and writer based in Baltimore. I spent decades asking hard questions about how people live. Now I focus on the question most of us avoid: how do we live well, knowing we will die?
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