My cousin Liana died on Wednesday after a brief battle with a rare type of cancer. She turned 42 on May 7th. I have faced many deaths over the past …
Words Make Worlds
Here is a collection of my blogs from over the years on ageing, dementia, death, and dying. Feel free to contact me on raynestroebel@mindsmatter.co.za and follow me on Facebook.
Last Tuesday, I gave a talk on Advanced Directives and Living Wills: the right to a dignified death at a U3A gathering, which saw about 100 attendees. The audience primarily …
Today, I received a telephone call from a profoundly distressed spouse. She has been caring for her husband, who has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for many years and can …
We are all interrelated and interdependent. No person exists merely as one person. I am the becoming of my mother and father. Our children are an expression of ourselves. In …
Vroeg Sondagoggend op die stoep. Ma se swaeltjies sweef en duik in die vroegoggend windjie. Hulle wonder seker wat van Ma geword het, want daar is nou nie meer waterdammetjies …
1 Januarie 2024 Ai Ma, dis ons laaste stoepsit, ek moet vandag weer terug Kaap toe. Dis ‘n lieflike oop blouhemel dag, die honde is nou uit vir ‘n pie. …