July 2004

Old Age: An Opportunity to Laugh with Sarah

Old age is a significant experience now as it was in biblical times.

What Is Retirement For?

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The Move to "Happy Valley"

The author chronicles the experience of moving to a Friends retirement community.

An Approach in Regions with Few Friends

A group of Iowa Friends have found a home in a Methodist retirement facility.

Intergenerational Learning in Friends Schools

Several Friends schools work cooperatively with retirement community residents.

Quaker Services and Quaker Values

Friends institutions for the aging, recognized as models, hope to improve services for the entire community.

A Healing Presence

She puzzles over a prayer that came to her during recovery from a stroke.

To Live Deliberately

A survivor of illness and counselor to the ill and grieving has been influenced by the writings of Henry David Thoreau.

Reviewing Our Lives

A process called

Aging, Dying, and a "Tame" Death

Aging is natural

My Father and the Right to Die

During her father

The Ability to Choose as Death Approaches

Hospice care, aimed at controlling pain, has been a great boon

Care of the Dying: A Spiritual Discipline

Here are some poignant vignettes from the life of a hospice nurse.

How Can You Do That Work?

For those who are cut out for hospice nursing, it is personally rewarding.

To Live Fully until Death: Lessons from the Dying

By Connie McPeak Green

From the magazine

One of many items left by her mother is enough to provoke powerful memories.

Gifts from the Closet

By Mary Waddington

From the magazine

One of many items left by her mother is enough to provoke powerful memories.

Dear Mum

The author addresses a tender letter to her newly deceased mother.