Oh how I do love a good "What Would Gabby Say?" question... This one was really really good!! Dear Gabby... What has death taught you?...

Cleaning the closets and drawers after someone dies is one of the hardest things to do. Some people leave it for weeks or months because...

Many times, while working in end-of-life care, I have felt like I was almost obligated to reassure people that this work is not hard, and...

What if we did things differently What if we didn’t waste so much time What a difference it could make in your life What a difference it...

I hear this a lot, and I find myself a little surprised when someone asks, “are you getting back to normal now?” NO! Nothing will ever be...

Sometimes I wish I had a remote control for the tears that fall uncontrollably from my eyes. I wish that I could contain them, that I was...

I went to a funeral of a patient yesterday, which is not something I do often. He was a good and kind man, who loved his family so much...

I have experienced a lot of loss I have had to say many goodbyes I’ve had buckets full of tears Pouring from my eyes But I have also...

I walked in their door a hospice nurse, but the doula in me decided that it was her work that was needed more, and thankfully the patient...

Grief is everywhere I feel it always Sometimes it is painful Sometimes I find myself smiling Most of the time I cry inside I look outside...

One of the things I talk a lot about, especially in my Ritual & Ceremony class that focuses on forgiveness, is learning to let go and to...

People always ask me if I take time out for myself. I used to say something like, “yes, of course,” even when I knew I was not being...

I was recently with a woman who is ninety-seven. Her two children, who are both in their late seventies (and are not children anymore),...

I was thinking recently that grief is like a really foggy day; you go out for a walk, you see the path below your feet, you are moving...

When my sister died several years ago, I didn't get to say goodbye. I didn't get to tell her all the things I wanted her to know. I know...

We talk a lot about physical pain at the end of life. Not all illnesses have pain as a symptom, but physical discomfort is something we...

Several years ago, I was blessed to be at the bedside of an incredibly kind and generous man. Because of him I was gifted a lifetime...

I recently spent time with a patient who was planning to take the end-of-life medications, which is approved in California. It is met...

If we talked about it more openly If we said the words out loud If we pushed aside the fear and the uncertainty Maybe the conversation...

When you work in a field where caring for others is your focus, caring for yourself can be overlooked. I know this from experience. I...