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My name is Mara Collins. I started this project, Good Grief Works, as a way to promote healing, preparedness and social justice in regards to death, dying and bereavement. My work is motivated by a series of events that began 12 years ago. In May of 1994, my grandfather died from an infection in his leg. In December of that same year, my cousin died from a heart attack at age 26. One month later to the day, my stepfather died suddenly from a health condition he had been hiding from the family. Three weeks later his father died, and eight days later, my stepmother's father died. My family was devastated to say the least, and we are still healing today. As a way to make sense of these experiences, I began to examine my own mortality, and the way death is viewed in the US. I decided these are the values upon which I am building this work: While I began this work out of grief, I continue it from a place of great love and commitment to healing the world. I hope that through this website you will make the connections between embracing your mortality and living your life to its fullest capacity. Please feel free to contact me to talk more, and to utilize my services in death preparation. |