The Body Contribution Project

At 23, I never expected to have to say goodbye to my mother. I didn't know how to move through the motions of my mother's dying process. When my mother first told me she wanted a home funeral and for Katherine to be her doula, I thought that was pretty strange. Watching Katherine tirelessly read, comfort and give loving-kindness to my mother in her final days helped me understand how anyone would want this. I took part in creating a Cloak of Protection with family and friends for my mother to be buried in, and after my mother had passed, I wanted to help Katherine bathe, clothe, and wrap her in it. It was so beautiful. She was so beautiful. And I will never be the same. We are our own individual people, and we should have the right to go out on our own terms. Now I see how we DESERVE to pass, and want no others to just be passed on.