For in the end this is a very useful book. It is practical but at the same time inspirational, and how many times do we get that precious combination? In fact, isn't that the best of combinations? Finding something that has enough utility so that one makes time for it and then it gives something back in return...

So this book is billed as a practical checklist for living life to the fullest and embracing one's mortality. A lot of books have come out since the Schaivo case with all the practical things to do associated with dying, and though well intentioned, I don't know that I would buy any of them because much of that information is available online and a lot of it is common sense. But this book is different. The author's intimacy and experience with the details from a first hand viewpoint and her commentary are what really make it worthwhile.

Ms. Kramp is a wonderful writer and person. I don't know if she is still alive...in the late '90s she was given 3- 18 months to live, but her spirit certainly shines through in this book. It is spiritual but I don't get the impression that the author was trying to force religion on anyone, and somehow she avoids the new-age quasi-spirituality tone that ruins many a well intentioned text.

So...I recommend that you pick up this little book and spend some time with it. If that is too difficult for you to do right now, buy it and put it away to look at later when you are in a less hurried and worried frame of mind. There is much of benefit to be found here.