Death is not a comfortable topic for most people to think about or discuss and, in contemporary society, the process of dying has been sanitized to the point of dissociation, even though mortality is 100% and each and every one of us is going to die.  There is actually much we can learn about dying to prepare ourselves and to help our loved ones go through the process.

            Death is not only a moment in time but is also a lengthy process, a transitional stage of passage that often takes weeks or even months. Despite common misconceptions, death is not ordinarily painful and does not have to be scary – with proper caregiving, the experience of fear can be minimized.