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Compassionate Care for the End of Life

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Part of the Collaborative’s mission & vision is to re-educate people about the end of life. The negative perceptions of death in our culture can be transformed through understanding that we can live better by accepting the inevitable as a beautiful & essential part of life.

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Posted by Kerry Arquette

My COVID Lessons

Last year sucked. Can I say “sucked” in a blog? Never mind…I just did. And I meant it. Twenty-twenty will be a year that few will forget, no matter how we might try. Politics, social upheaval, and COVID were one-two-three body shots that left us gasping. Yet, we moved forward. It has been said that

Posted by Kerry Arquette

End-of-Life Midwives Within the Prison System

I have been thinking about prison. Not that I have any plans to end up there. Just sayin’. But my Master’s degree is in criminology,* which explains why my mind often focuses on steely, slimy, uncomfortable topics…like prison. If you have never been to a prison, count yourself as lucky. They are no place you

Posted by Kerry Arquette

Holiday Traditions Post-Tragedy

The Christmas after my little sister was murdered was…strange. Kait had been eighteen that July when she died. I was already in my thirties, living in a different state with a husband and two small children. Over the months that followed each of us struggled with how to deal with our shock and grief. I

Posted by Kerry Arquette

Why Our Collaborative Is Imperative

I am not a joiner. My idea of hell was the Girl Scouts, which my mother signed me up for without consulting me first. I have friends who belong to book clubs and serve on meaningful committees. I honor both their interests and their work, but can’t imagine putting my tush in their seats. In

Posted by Marisa Rose Verrier

Seminary to Death Doula

It was back in 2016 when my best friend, Christine and I took a year-long seminary program, together, in Lafayette, CO, that we first heard the term “doula.” It’s certainly not a common, everyday word, and if you’re like most people, you may not be familiar with it, either. Several weeks into the program, we

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