Loretta was featured in an article in the San Diego Union Transfer. The article discusses how she helped a man in San Diego and his family with end of life care.
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Loretta featured on End of Life University Podcast
Loretta was recently featured on the End of Life University podcast.
“We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home” wins Book Review Award
This book review won the 27th Oho Literary Award in the Book Review category.
Spiritual leader Ram Dass guided generations of people seeking happiness and satisfaction in life with his now legendary 1971 book, Be Here Now. He was writing Still Here: Aging, Changing and Dying when he suffered a paralyzing stroke. That experience enlightened and expanded his perspective and the book, published in 2000, taught mindfulness practices to smooth the bumpy path of mounting losses we face at the end of life.
How I Keep My Pool of Friends Full
Even though it wasn’t exactly funny, I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants. Doug had turned 78, and I called to congratulate him. He’s a Viet Nam vet, and a tall, sturdy guy who wears hearing aids and takes half a dozen pills every day.
El Ojo del Lago: “It Happens”
The Thanksgiving Day after my mother died, I sat at the table with a dozen of my closest family members. The youngest was my 22-year-old godson on his way to Iraq with the Marines. The eldest was my 91-year-old Aunt Vera, the last of my mother’s four siblings to still be living.
Everyone was worried about our Sean being wounded or killed. That was “the elephant in the room.” Aunt Vera was still living alone but showing signs of dementia and frailty, another “elephant in the room.”
El Ojo del Lago: “The Power of Candlelight”
My goddaughter is going off to college next week. She’s attending a school that is an airplane ride away from her home, her parents, and all her friends. In a video call with her yesterday, she described her emotions as excited, anxious, and a little scared. She was smiling, which comforted me.
The Power of Candlelight
My goddaughter is going off to college next week. She’s attending a school that is an airplane ride away from her home, her parents, and all her friends. In a video call with her yesterday, she described her emotions as excited, anxious, and a little scared. She was smiling, which comforted me.
El Ojo del Lago: “We May Be Fierce, But We Are Mortal”
Those of us who come to Lakeside are among the Olympians of Aging. On average, we are in our 70th decade of life. We are more educated, more informed, more affluent, more travelled, more active, and more independent than the average senior anywhere in the world. We are also mortal beings.
Your Doula for Grief Podcast
Bonnie Gonzalez, Your Doula for Grief, invited me to have a conversation with her on her weekly podcast. She is a light in the darkness of the grieving process. She triggered some new ideas for me, and our conversation flowed like old friends.
El Ojo del Lago: “From Is to Was”
Death came closer today. She does not arrive on little cat feet like Carl Sandberg’s fog, though she can easily sneak up on a person. Mostly, she arrives when you have a pain that won’t go away, find a lump that wasn’t there the day before, or forget your most important memory. She’ll walk behind you for years or months until one day she looks at her watch and says, “Your time has come.” She then moves beside you, takes your hand, and whisks you away to the next place, wherever you believe that to be.