How can you participate? It is simple. You go to the website. Click on "Engage With Grace: The One Slide Project" and five questions will appear. These are questions to share with your loved ones. How will they know what to do if you don't ever tell them?
I printed the questions and discussed them after dinner this evening with my husband. After some nervous joking I was finally able to have a serious discussion about my wishes. He honestly didn't know that I was more inclined to want more medical intervention than not. I stated my preference for being at home with my family. And we agreed to finally do a living will for the both of us. Although it was a tad uncomfortable, it wasn't as bad as I had imagined. Engage with Grace helped me to initiate talking about this very difficult topic.
Now if I can do it, you can too.
Dignity and grace. I think it is what we all want for when that time comes. As much as any of us does not want to think about it, it is a discussion that we all need to have at some point. Engage With Grace can help you begin.
For other real-life accounts of discussing end of life issues, read:
Engage with Grace: The One Slide Project by Ann Bartlett
Engage With Grace: Embracing a Purposeful End to Life
Engage With Grace Provides Valuable Tool for End-of-Life Discussion
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