New Year's Reflections

​The end of the year approaches.  Many take stock of their personal accomplishments in the last year.  Some of us think of those we have lost.  Many of us look at the joyful things that took place.  The end of the year causes many of us to think of what the year has meant to us and to make promises to ourselves—to make changes or set goals for the coming year.  New Years Day is the time for change.  For me I like to think about thematic changes I want to make for the year.  For me, I hope the New Year brings about more connections with other people.  I hope this theme means helping people who work in the alternative death care industry come together to share knowledge and support.  I hope that we in the alternative death care industry can come together to make a bigger impact on the conventional perception of death care. I hope that together we can be stronger.  I hope that together we can bring death care out of the shadows so that more people will know their rights and options at the time of death. I wish all you, dear readers, a beautiful New Year.  I wish that the coming year brings you all good things, and that together we can do greater things for our communities.