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Gertie, EOL doula, death midwife


Watching an old movie
Last week when I was trying to find something to watch on Amazon Prime, I stumbled upon the movie Two Weeks with Sally Fields from 2006....
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Jan 11, 20241 min read


Holding space, for myself
After many years I was able to travel to the Netherlands last week. On my to-do list was visiting the cemetery where my dad is buried....
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Sep 8, 20233 min read


What do you see when you look at the pictures?
Both pictures were taken in the sixties, both are of a grieving widow with small children at the funeral of their husband. One was...
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May 3, 20232 min read


Sacred history and today's technology
As we travel by car we sometimes pass many old cemeteries. While driving by I look at the old grave markers and wonder who those people...
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Apr 4, 20232 min read


Ha broertje ,
Today on the second anniversary of your death I will say your name out loud, as whose name is said out loud will not be forgotten. You...
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Mar 14, 20232 min read


A friend's question.
Last week a friend came over and he looked at a stack of books I had sitting on my sideboard in the kitchen. "Do you think all this end...
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Mar 2, 20232 min read


Toolbox
A few weeks before Christmas I asked my husband to fix something in the house. Those who know him, know that he has many qualities and...
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Jan 31, 20232 min read
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