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Life Insurance

When money is no longer the driver, you have complete choice.

storiesCaren MartineauJune 11, 2018video, film, first-person, stories, meaning

At The Bedside

Sending poignant, funny messages from mom’s bedside.

storiesCaren MartineauJune 11, 2018npr, scott simon, twitter, bedside, hospital, video, meaning, memory, goodbye

Cat Me If You Can

One woman wonders if her death be as good as her pet’s.

storiesCaren MartineauJune 7, 2018pets, animals, cats, a good death, end of life directives, dying well, planning

Her Shroud

Wearing the robe she wore in the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in Islam.

storiesCaren MartineauMay 24, 2018photographs, photography, shroud, first-person, Islam, Muslim

A Message for You

The years that I could have lived, I will give those to your daughter.”

storiesCaren MartineauMay 8, 2018film, auschwitz, documentary, video, stories, first-person, cooincidence, fate, meaning

Sundae's Reward

What does an ice cream sundae have to do with making one’s final will? Everything.

storiesCaren MartineauMay 1, 2018Sheila Nevins, documentary, video, essay, will, final will, humor, making a will, first-person

Lessons for the Living

“We are not used to dealing with death in a matter-of-fact way.”

storiesCaren MartineauApril 17, 2018first-person, video, hospice, lessons, wisdom, on dying, Kathleen, hospice volunteer, aging