<p>Sandpoint-area resident Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton has written a book about how losses, both great and small, are accompanied by gifts that quicken our awareness of life in the moment.</p>
May 30, 2010
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May 30, 2010 9 p.m.
Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton:Exploring the cycle of life's gifts, losses
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SANDPOINT - Ours is a culture that avoids the topic of death. We run from it throughout our lives until, when the inevitable end chapter draws near, it takes on the kind of terrifying significance that only the dark reaches of the unknown can carry.