The passage of time -- four sisters photographed every year for decades

As James Taylor sang, the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The book Nicholas Nixon: The Brown Sisters. Thirty-Three Years catalogues the photographer's extraordinary project in which he photographed 4 sisters every year for 33 years, capturing the passage of time. Click here to see all the photos. Amazing!

Even in death, Wisconsin couple indivisible

An amazing story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel begins, "It was just after midnight, and Diane Pawlak sat in the intensive care unit at her husband's bedside — the man she married nearly 62 years ago when she was just 19. The man who worked for 41 years at Miller Brewery to support their five sons. The man she spent so many days with — at their Bay View bungalow, at their wooded Crandon getaway.

"Goodbye, Jerry," she said as she held his hand. "You can go."

Then she clutched her chest, slumped back in her chair.

"I knew right away she was gone," said her son Jerry. He went to the emergency room with her, where a doctor confirmed what he and his brother already knew. To read more, click here...

Dying father videotapes dance with daughter for her future wedding

25-year-old Rachel Wolf is losing her father to pancreatic cancer. But, she found a way to make sure that he will dance with her on her future wedding day -- she donned a wedding dress and her dad put on a tux and filmed a special dance together. Click here to read the Huffington Post article about it and view the Today show report below.

NPR: Years later, "Aaron's Last Wish" to leave a $500 tip lives on

NPR reports, "Sunday brings a sad memory for the family of Aaron Collins. It marks one year since the 30-year-old Kentucky man died.

But the heart warming story of 'Aaron's last wish' continues.

As we wrote last July, the family discovered after Aaron's death that his will asked them to 'leave an awesome tip (and I don't mean 25%. I mean $500 on a f***ing pizza) for a waiter or waitress.'"  Read the full report on the NPR website.

NDTV: South Africa prays for Nelson Mandela's recovery

NDTV reports, "Haunted by death during his long anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela looked toward his own "eternal sleep" as a man who fulfilled his duty to his people.

He was willing to die for democracy, the young black activist said during the 1963-64 trial that would send him to prison for 27 years.

'It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die,' he told judges of the white-minority apartheid regime.

Nearly 50 years later the 94-year-old is critically ill, fighting a stubborn pulmonary infection."  Click on this link to read more....

National Hospice Foundation: We Honor Veterans

“America’s Veterans have done everything asked of them in their mission to serve our country and we believe it is never too late to give them a hero’s welcome home. Now it is time that we step up, acquire the necessary skills and fulfill our mission to serve these men and women with the dignity they deserve.” J. Donald Schumacher, NHPCO president and CEO.

NPR: Death Cafes breathe life into conversations about dying

"We live knowing that everything dies. Like the sun, it's a fact of life. And like the sun, we tend not to look right at it. Unless you've experienced a recent death, it's probably not something you discuss. But a new movement is trying to change that, with a serving of tea and cake." Listen to the full story on NPR by clicking here.