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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

    Grief and Death

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    “When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart.”

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    — Catherine O’Hara, Canadian comedic actress known for her roles in such classic movies as Home Alone, Best in Show, and the hit television show, Schitt’s Creek. O’Hara died this past week at the age of 71

    “Even under the best of circumstances – in twenty-first century America at least – caring for elderly parents ain’t no place for sissies.”

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    — Roz Chast, an American cartoonist and author who has published over 1000 cartoons in The New Yorker. Among the books she has produced is Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a graphic memoir, combining cartoons, text, and photographs to tell the story of an only child helping her elderly parents navigate the end of their lives

    “Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on- in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.”

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    — Morrie Schwartz, author and professor of sociology at Brandeis University, who was immortalized in the book written by his student Mitch Albom entitled Tuesdays With Morrie

    “We labor into life and we labor out of life. All of us are born with life and death walking next to us.”

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    — Shelby Kirillin, An end-of-life doula based in Richmond, Virginia

    “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

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    — C.S Lewis, British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian whose work includes the Chronicles of Narnia

    “When you’re 50 you start thinking about things you haven’t thought about before. I used to think getting older was about vanity, but actually it’s about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.”

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    — Joyce Carol Oates, 85-year-old renowned American novelist, essayist, and writer