Planning Forward
Gentle, human-centered conversations about planning for the future, exploring what matters most, the values that guide our choices, and how we can help the people we trust understand what we would want when decisions become difficult.
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Arriving at 56
Today, at 12:10 in the afternoon, I will officially be fifty-six years old. I was born at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 6, 1970, which makes me a Virgo by date and, depending on who you ask, apparently explains quite a bit about me. I can certainly recognize some of those traits… Continue reading
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Planning Forward with Advance Directives
There are some documents we complete because someone tells us we should, and there are others we complete because someday they may need to speak when we cannot. Advance Directives belong to the second kind. Their purpose is not to predict exactly how our lives will unfold, but to leave the people who may someday… Continue reading
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The Certificate Was Never the Destination
Two years ago today, I posted a certificate on Facebook with a very simple caption: “Sleepless nights lead to online classes completed.” It was August 8, 2024, and I had completed the Five Wishes Advance Care Planning Facilitator Foundations course. At the time, it felt important. Official, maybe. It was a step toward something I… Continue reading
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When Loving Someone Has to Look Different
There are kinds of grief that arrive after someone dies. And there are kinds of grief that begin while someone is still very much alive. When someone we love is living with dementia, the losses rarely arrive all at once. They come in pieces. A conversation that no longer happens the way it once did.… Continue reading
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