Topic Four: Saying Goodbye
Activate	Famous Last Words	Regarding “Saying Goodbye”
	Obituaries • About Video Obituaries	Focuses on “The New York Times” series of Video Obituaries for famous or semi-famous people, called “Last Word.” The possibilities it raises apply to anyone
Demonstrate	When To Say Goodbye • Do You Know: Sudden and Unexpected Death A Sense of Completion • Completion Model – Play • Completion Model – Read	Death doesn’t unfold on our terms. What are the odds? And when to start saying goodbye. Listen to a slide show and read about a Completion Model, a way of looking at how and why to take on Saying Goodbye as an on-going project.
Participation	Completion Tools • Regret for Harm Done • Regret for Who We Did Not Become • Accomplishments in Perspective • Saying Goodbye Obituaries • Writing Your Own Obituary	Tools to help you through a process of Saying Goodbye, defined very broadly – people, places, things, and a lifetime’s worth of internal thoughts and feelings. Using the Writing Assistant to move from family and friends to yourself
Reflection	Death Quotes	Regarding “Saying Goodbye”
	Discussion Forum	Questions to respond to, free to post and remarks or comments
Books & Films	“Saying Goodbye,” Film “Saying Goodbye,” Fiction	Media about “Saying Goodbye,” with brief descriptions.