“I hear you." Angry words get louder when people do not listen. When a person is ill and dying, it seems as if no one understands what is happening. People are busy doing what is required for physical caretaking, but… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“There is such a tremendous need for spiritual guidance for those who are facing death, as a patient or with a loved one. Emotions… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“As I work with people who are new to being present with the dying, I ask them to remember two things. (1)Stepping back from… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“There is a moment when the body is about to cease its natural functions, when it is important to accept that death is happening… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“I hear you." Angry words get louder when people do not listen. When a person is ill and dying, it seems as if no… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“I'm still here, in my body, and it hurts. I need to feel clean and soothed.” — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“The reality of the dying person is very different from that of the living. She is experiencing we cannot fully understand or enter into.… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“I once asked a rabbi in a large congregation which prayers he used with the dying. "You mean the Mourner's Kaddish?" he asked, referring… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“Has the body a soul? No. The soul has a body. And well does that soul know when this body has served its purpose,… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“The process of dying is a difficult one, with many fears and anxieties, but it is also a very mysterious and wondrous process. It… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“I have often been asked to help pray in life and death situations, especially when loved ones cannot. It is hard to know how… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“The journey into death is such an important one that I believe each person deserves as much support as possible. The loved ones who… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“Our society has tried to make death invisible, thinking that if we ignore it long enough it will go away. Often we as family… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
“Sacred dying rituals are primarily and notably for the person dying. It takes great strength and courage to face death and to begin to… — Megory Anderson Copy Share Image
