The removal of death and dying from our homes and families is slowly eroding our affinity and kinship to events that have been seminal to culture since the dawn of humanity.

Living with an open-hearted acceptance of death, whether our time is near or far, could be a way to craft a life-affirming legacy for our families and loved ones that’s nearly unimaginable in today’s world. It could also be a path to reclaim a richness we’ve been denied in our death-phobic culture.