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Posts tagged first-person

Politics of Life

Dying is “certainly the most important time of my life.”

storiesCaren MartineauJanuary 20, 2020photography, video, film, first-person, on dying, message, meaning, love, Philip Gould, Phillip Gould, dying

Under Ice

A free-diver learns to trust self when life is at stake.

storiesCaren MartineauJuly 11, 2018ice, video, film, stories, first-person, Johanna, underwater, healing

Life Insurance

When money is no longer the driver, you have complete choice.

storiesCaren MartineauJune 11, 2018video, film, first-person, stories, meaning

Her Shroud

Wearing the robe she wore in the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in Islam.

storiesCaren MartineauMay 24, 2018photographs, photography, shroud, first-person, Islam, Muslim

A Message for You

The years that I could have lived, I will give those to your daughter.”

storiesCaren MartineauMay 8, 2018film, auschwitz, documentary, video, stories, first-person, cooincidence, fate, meaning

Sundae's Reward

What does an ice cream sundae have to do with making one’s final will? Everything.

storiesCaren MartineauMay 1, 2018Sheila Nevins, documentary, video, essay, will, final will, humor, making a will, first-person

Lessons for the Living

“We are not used to dealing with death in a matter-of-fact way.”

storiesCaren MartineauApril 17, 2018first-person, video, hospice, lessons, wisdom, on dying, Kathleen, hospice volunteer, aging