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From the Ted Talk by Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life

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What would be a good end of life? And I'm talking about the very end. I'm talking about dying.

We all think a lot about how to live well. I'd like to talk about increasing our chances of dying well. I'm not a gcatriireian. I design reading pmgrroas for preschoolers. What I know about this topic comes from a qualitative study with a sample size of two. In the last few yraes, I helped two friends have the end of life they wanted. Jim and Shirley Modini snpet their 68 years of marriage liinvg off the grid on their 1,700-acre ranch in the mountains of Sonoma County. They kept just enough livestock to make ends meet so that the majority of their ranch would remain a refuge for the bears and lions and so many other things that lived there. This was their daerm.

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What would be a good end of life? And I'm talking about the very end. I'm talking about dying.

We all think a lot about how to live well. I'd like to talk about increasing our chances of dying well. I'm not a ____________. I design reading ________ for preschoolers. What I know about this topic comes from a qualitative study with a sample size of two. In the last few _____, I helped two friends have the end of life they wanted. Jim and Shirley Modini _____ their 68 years of marriage ______ off the grid on their 1,700-acre ranch in the mountains of Sonoma County. They kept just enough livestock to make ends meet so that the majority of their ranch would remain a refuge for the bears and lions and so many other things that lived there. This was their _____.

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  1. spent
  2. years
  3. programs
  4. living
  5. geriatrician
  6. dream

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What would be a good end of life? And I'm talking about the very end. I'm talking about dying.

We all think a lot about how to live well. I'd like to talk about increasing our chances of dying well. I'm not a geriatrician. I design reading programs for preschoolers. What I know about this topic comes from a qualitative study with a sample size of two. In the last few years, I helped two friends have the end of life they wanted. Jim and Shirley Modini spent their 68 years of marriage living off the grid on their 1,700-acre ranch in the mountains of Sonoma County. They kept just enough livestock to make ends meet so that the majority of their ranch would remain a refuge for the bears and lions and so many other things that lived there. This was their dream.

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