Here’s kind of an eerie synchro from Jane Clifford about a short journey she took through rural Wales, where she resides.
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I visited my dear friend and soul sister Liz, who is in the final stages of cancer and before leaving had a conversation with her son about hospice care. I usually visit Liz for two hours, but found myself leaving after an hour without knowing why.
On the way home through remote mountain country I stopped at the only shop there is on the journey home to buy a lighter. There I bumped into a friend I had not seen for many months, who told me she is turning her mountain property into a hospice!
I told her my friend was dying of cancer and I had just visited her. Bizarrely, she asked if I knew of the “Death cafe” in my local town, a place where those losing someone they love or in grief can meet and share experiences. I then realized if I had not cut short my visit after an hour I would not have bumped into her and had the conversation.
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Apparently, there is a worldwide network of these death cafes. The one in the image at the top is in Chicago. It makes sense, I guess, since death is a worldwide phenom. They even have a web site.
Sorry, but I don’t care for the name. I find it more ghoulish, than comforting. A place you might visit on Halloween. How about something more transitional and upbeat, like “The Sa Ta Na Ma Cafe”—birth, life, death, rebirth. It’s one of my favorite chants. Of course, they might have to serve Indian food!
I’ve heard of the Death Cafe, the name never appealed to me either but can understand their purpose and the need for them.
But what an interesting synchro.
I became aware of the movement here in Bellingham a few months ago. The Death Cafe here is well attended when it meets once a month. The name is a bit of a turnoff, but the meetings are not.
That’s right! I remember you writing about it.
I do so agree, the name was a shock!
The LIFE Cafe would be my preference and some softer image!
I don’t care at all for the name DEATH CAFE, either, and while the birds and flowers on the picture are lovely, the skeleton face, to me, is highly inappropriate if that is their logo. Who would want to visit such a ghoulish-appearing place, I wonder?
As a retired Hospice RN, I can’t imagine any hospice-related place displaying such a negative symbol. Seems hurtful…….For me, a picture of a sunrise, or something like that, would seem much more comforting……