Reasons Why I’m Going To Help People Die
Everyone deserves a good death.
1. Restaurant owners, comedians and forensic sketch artists often say they got started in their chosen fields because someone believed in them. Said they had talent. A gift. Same here. Friends and relatives have often said that hearing me speak makes them want to die. I thought to myself, “Why not charge a fee?”
2. Act One: Writer and political activist. Act Two: Mom. Now that my children are off in college and I’ve got some extra time on my hands, I decided my Act Three needs to be just as fulfilling and twice as interesting. Two options spoke to me, so I put up a dartboard with “surrogate partner” on one side and “death doula” on the other. Five beers later, death doula won.
3. Everyone deserves a good death. Thanks to horror movies and emo, too many people view leaving this world or transitioning to another as frightening. Dark. Devoid of humor, peace and love. Many die alone, filled with regret. It doesn’t have to be that way. I can help dying people laugh, forgive themselves and others, and transition comfortably with peace in their hearts. I can, so I should.
4. Death unites us. Everyone at some point, no matter our gender, religion, political affiliation or salary, will stop breathing, turn cold and die. Why fear this inevitability when we can embrace it…
