Everyone dies. It’s a simple truth that turns some folks philosophical and makes others squirm.

With that in mind, two members of the Stafford Senior and Health Advisory Board, Barbara Reynolds and Debbie Dooley, have organized a discussion group around the topic as a way to normalize talking about and preparing for death, in order to live more fully in the now.

The third installment of Death Café drew a handful of thoughtful mortals to the Pine Street Recreation Building behind the Bay Avenue Community Center in Manahawkin the evening of March 9.

Once the tea had been prepared and the cakes cut – red velvet and, of course, “death by chocolate” – the lounge-like…