I recently went to a memorial service for a patient I didn't meet until after he became non responsive. I didn't know anything about him....

Almost every single one of us carries something with us from our past, something heavy that in many ways holds us down or back from...

A friend of mine asked me today, "what should I tell the kids?" and this was about their dog, the family pet, a member of the family....

I saw a quote today, "when the elderly die, a library is lost and volumes of wisdom and knowledge are gone." This got me thinking about...

I was sitting with a husband who was about to say his last goodbye to a woman he has loved for forty years. He told me, "she is the most...

How much time do we have? Where did the time go? I wish we could go back in time. Remember that time? Time is on my side… time is not on...

I was sitting with a friend on a bench when a white feather slowly floated by, stopping periodically as if to say hello or perhaps just...

I spoke to a group of hospice volunteers recently and one of them asked two very powerful questions, “do you ever become emotional when...

In this time of so much controversy, so many personal opinions differ, and while some keep it to themselves, others are quite vocal. How...

I have been a hospice nurse for a few years now, and it is without a doubt, the work that I was always meant to do. Working in...

Today I went with a friend to help him say goodbye to his dog. Nine years ago we went and picked him up at the airport, he was just a...

When we walk out the door, when we leave a room, or when we grab our keys to go, we usually say “goodbye” to whomever is there with us....

I was speaking to someone recently who had been working on life stuff… you know, the messy things that we all go through, myself...

She died 33 years ago She was only 51 years old As I was leaving the home of a patient, I took a wrong turn, and then another wrong turn...

I was asked recently if I could be told how much time I had left, would I want to know. I had to think about this for a bit. My immediate...

I shared a story recently about a woman I noticed as I was driving to see a patient; she was in her rose garden and looked weak and...

If you could relive just one moment in your life, what would it be? This is one of the questions from the Death Deck and was asked...

The other morning, I got out of bed and put my slippers on like I do every morning. As I started to walk toward the kitchen to get the...

Just before that last breath is taken, I encourage those who are about to say goodbye, to share some favorite memories. Not necessarily...

From the moment I started working as a nurse, I pushed myself to the point of exhaustion every single day. It felt good to be that...