Dandelion Clock Transitions

09/05/2026

Caregiver burnout is real.

We offer counseling, vital community resources, and social gatherings to relax and vent- this is so important!

09/05/2026

The CONVERSATION PROJECT emphasizes having a conversation on what matters to you, not what‘s the matter with you.

We have resources to help you get this conversation started along with many others.

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Everyone Has a Story.

Maureen Jennings gathered family together on her father’s 85th birthday to talk about the health care he wants.

Diane Sawyer features The Conversation Project on ABC World News.

09/04/2026

We have a lot to celebrate! Thirty years ago today, The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region (CFDRR) was officially established. Originally known as the DPC Community Foundation, CFDRR has provided a way for donors to support their philanthropic goals locally through the creation of funds and scholarships.

Help us celebrate by sharing how The Foundation has made a difference in your life.

09/03/2026

What a wonderful bit of information

Most people don't know death doula training actually follows a specific, structured framework.

INELDA, one of the organizations that trains and certifies end-of-life doulas, relaunched its core training approach in 2024 around three guiding principles: self-awareness, honoring the dying person's autonomy, and understanding the dying process itself. All three are grounded in something trainers call full-self listening, showing up fully present rather than rehearsing what to say next.

It is a very different skill set than most people imagine when they picture a doula sitting quietly at a bedside. A lot of the actual training focuses inward first, on the doula's own reactions and assumptions, before it ever gets to techniques for supporting a dying person or their family. The idea is that someone who has done that internal work is far more able to truly listen without steering the moment toward their own comfort.

It turns out being present for someone at the end of life is itself a skill worth practicing. 🕯️

Is being fully present with someone in a hard moment something that comes naturally to you, or something you'd have to work at?

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

Most people don't know how differently a body returns to the earth depending on how it's buried.

In a green burial, without embalming, a vault, or a sealed casket, soft tissue commonly breaks down within a handful of years, while a full skeleton can take considerably longer depending on soil type, moisture, and climate.

In a conventional American burial, with embalming, a sealed casket, and a concrete vault, that same process is often slowed by decades, since the vault is specifically designed to keep out soil and groundwater rather than let a body return to it.

Neither approach is right or wrong.

Some families are drawn to green burial precisely because the timeline feels honest, a body becoming part of the earth again in a way that mirrors how life ends everywhere else in nature. Others find real comfort in the permanence a vault provides, a grave that looks the same decades from now as it did on the day of the funeral.

It really comes down to what feels most true to how you want to be remembered. 🌱

Which idea sits better with you, returning to the earth quickly or staying preserved?

09/02/2026

Grief myths . . . they drive us crazy.
There are just so many of them, they come out in so many ways, and they make grief so much more difficult than it already is.

Friends and family have unrealistic expectations about what our grief will look like because of these myths.
And sometimes, we have unrealistic expectations of ourselves because of them too.

When your grief does not match the rule, it can feel like you are doing something wrong. You are not.
Grief is not one-size-fits-all.

There are VERY few "shoulds" when it comes to how you grieve, how long you grieve, or what it looks like on any given day.

09/01/2026

We try to make a heavy (possibly even scary) conversation a little lighter 💚

Come talk with us.

Dandelion Clock Death Cafe 💀

09/01/2026

Monday 9/7 5-8pm
🩶 Death over Dinner 💚

Tater Tactics will be serving 4p-8p near the Cafe!!

08/30/2026

One of the things that just amazes me is the lack of touch in senior care facilities.

A hand on the arm, a hug goodbye, holding hands while you talk- It's also important.

Humans are pack animals. We need each other.