by thedeathexpert | Dec 15, 2025 | Aging, Dying, The Journey
Your mother has stage four pancreatic cancer. The doctors have said there are no more treatment options. Maybe six months, they said. Maybe less. Your siblings are in different cities. Your father is in shock. Your mother keeps saying she wants to “get things in...
by thedeathexpert | Dec 15, 2025 | Aging, Death, Dying, Financial Planning, The Journey
The oncologist said the words you’d been dreading: “We’re running out of options.” Or maybe it was the neurologist explaining that the disease is progressing faster than expected. Or the cardiologist saying the next hospitalization will likely...
by thedeathexpert | Dec 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
You know you need to have the conversation. You’ve known for months. Maybe years. You’ve started to bring it up at Thanksgiving. You’ve thought about it during doctor’s appointments. You’ve drafted texts to your siblings that you never...
by thedeathexpert | Dec 11, 2025 | Planning for a Death
The last time Jennifer spoke to her brother Mark was at their mother’s funeral. Not because of old childhood resentments. Not because of politics or lifestyle differences. Not even because they’d grown apart over the years. They stopped speaking because of...
by thedeathexpert | Dec 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nobody wants to talk about death at dinner. But Sarah Martinez wishes her family had. When her father collapsed from a sudden stroke at 68, Sarah and her two brothers found themselves in a hospital conference room, forced to make impossible decisions. Did Dad want to...
