Thank you to everyone who participated in the second annual Blog Rally – as you can see from this partial list of participants it was a great success.

We counted over 100 posts plus countless tweets and Facebook postings – people spreading the word and sharing their stories over Thanksgiving weekend.

And for that, we are incredibly grateful.

Here’s just a sample of some of the comments we saw:

“Engage with Grace, what a wonderful idea. Anything to get a real conversation started. If we can help people understand that by taking the time to make their wishes known that a great deal of suffering could be mitigated.”

“Wow, thanks a lot for that useful information. It is very true because sometimes you just get stuck and don’t know what to say. Some conversations are easier than the others. Sometimes it also depends on the person we are talking to.”

“Last year I had a discussion with my loved one because of the blog rally and unfortunately it actually came into play in Sept. when she was diagnosed with end stage pancreatic cancer. Something that we did not anticipate but really must be brought to light, especially with elderly couples; often the primary advocate is so distraught at the probability of losing their 47+ year partner, emotions cloud key judgment. We experienced battles with my uncle over increasing pain meds., etc. and hospice walked such a fine line because he, as her health proxy could have asked them to leave at any time (as we were told). So in addition to having a discussion regarding these end of life questions — elderly couples really need to think about whether their spouse will truly be able to carry out their wishes when the time comes.”

Let’s keep the momentum going, moving from the blogosphere to our dinner tables, to our presentations at work, to our friends at book group – anyone, really.

Thank you again, and best wishes to you and yours this holiday season.