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#WickedWhispers Day 21: #Death - paired with broken cheesecake, lemon daiquiri and espresso martini - all mocktails, and utterly delicious.

#WickedWhispers Day 13: This title sounds particularly #Chilling in a moribund sort of way. Made sure I brought female Portuguese novelists with me as I travel to Lisbon in a few hours‘ time. Made sure I have posts now for the entire duration of my five day travel. 🧳✈️🛫🇵🇹

I just found out that aquamation is now legal here! It was part of a bill that passed this July! HB 4116. I never thought I would see the day in this state. I will be sharing this with the community and be sure to bring it up at my Death Cafes. I like to think of it as going in a big dishwasher for a good bath 🤣 This is my first choice for my final disposition and it‘s in my advanced directives.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I hate comparisons, but this is 100% for Caitlin Doughty fans.

Funny

I wasn‘t totally sure about a memoir by a death doula but it‘s thoughtful and quite interesting so far.

#5JoysFriday
1) watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony with my husband & son 🏆
2)Train to Yankee Stadium - pictures from the game 🏟️⚾️
3) coffee with an ex-student & friend ☕️👱🏻
4) flower/river walk🌼🌸🏞️
5) always coffee!!! ☕️

#5JoysFriday
Left to right:
1) chicken annual bake-off with our football club #hcfc #agentsofhale always a blast! 🐓🍗
2)coffee)!!!!☕️
3)my weed/ perennial garden 🌱🌻👩🏻‍🌾
4,5) our day date- a scenic drive to Amherst MA to see the movie Janet Planet, walk the town & visit Amherst Books. 🩷🎥🍿📚

“This is what I wish for all of us: a life that feels like the miracle it is and a death that serves as a period on a satisfying sentence. Because we live, we get to die. That is a gift.” -Alua Arthur

So much to mule over & process in this memoir.Alua is authentic,funny,warm-all the while honoring the journeys of those who ask her to bear witness to their dying in her chosen role as a death doula She does not shy from sharing with us 🔽