2 November 2020

Hello All,

I'd like to recommend _When Things Fall Apart_ by Pema Chodron.
Here's a link to it:

    https://archive.org/details/whenthingsfallap00pema/

You might want to look at the first page of Chapter Seven:
"Hopelessness and Death".

I read this book after we received my husband's diagnosis of
Alzheimer's. It inspired me to find meaning and purpose in facing
my husband's decline and death. Recently a friend asked how I had
managed to get through the challenge of dealing with dementia. I
recommended this book, but re-read it before I lent it to her. I
was amazed at how relevant it was to my struggle with depression.
It may be timely depending on the election and its aftermath.

With metta,
Cecilia