by Amanda C Vesty | May 13, 2021 | Death, Dying Matters, End of Life Planning, Environment, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
People Don’t Know How To Plan For End Of Life People in the UK do not have end of life plans in place because they don’t know what to do and unsure of how to talk about it. The 2021 Dying Matters Report The report says that only 13% of adults have told...
by Amanda C Vesty | May 12, 2021 | Celebration of Life, Mindfulness, Poetry, Uncategorised
The journey is short An elderly woman got on a bus and sat down. At the next stop, a strong, grumpy young woman climbed up and sat down beside the old woman, hitting her with her numerous bags. When she saw that the elderly woman remained silent, the young...
by Amanda C Vesty | May 10, 2021 | Community, Death, Dying Matters, Funerals, Uncategorised
Improve Control Around End-of-Life In Dying Matter Week It is Dying Matters Week 2021 and a new report about what people know about planning for end-of-life reveals: – Just 13% of adults say they’ve let a close friend or family member know where they want to be...
by Amanda C Vesty | May 5, 2021 | Grief, Uncategorised
Grief: Our reaction to loss. The reactions to death are many and varied and we grieve in our own ways and times. We express grief in different ways depending on who we are, what we believe, our culture and the circumstances surrounding the death of loved ones. Grief...
by Amanda C Vesty | Apr 29, 2021 | Death, Grief, Poetry, Uncategorised
I I weep for Adonais—he is dead! Oh, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head! And thou, sad Hour, selected from all years To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers, And teach them...
