A Bit of Optimism · 2026-03-17 · 45 min · 9,293 words

Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur

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What is the most interesting secret or story you've ever heard somebody tell you on their deathbed? I've heard so many secrets. Oh, tell one. What's your favorite? Come on, come on.

Um, about the kids, about mistresses. Yeah. Other families. Other families. There's so many other families.

So many other families. And I think the 23andMe and Ancestry.com and all those places, we're about to find a whole lot of families. That's right. It's all coming out. Yeah, nobody is dying with secrets anymore.

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