Does it sometimes surprise you the things people say to comfort someone who is navigating illness, accident, death, or grief for...

Grief is a teeter-totter Grief can't seem to make up it's mind Grief has a million different colors One minute I am fine... moving...

He had such a good day, or so it seemed. So many little moments of improvement and heightened hope that he might really pull through...

As I write this, my brother has been in the ICU for two weeks, and to be honest, I was afraid he was not going to make it. I had prepared...

About a week ago, on my sisters birthday (who has been gone seven years), I received a phone call from my other sister that our brother...

I was talking to someone recently who shared the struggles she was having on the first anniversary of the death of her husband. She said...

When I am supporting a family or caregiver for a patient who is dying, I often say... meet them where they are, not where you think they...

Today I followed the gurney of a young woman who died, out to the car. We scattered pink rose petals on her as she was rolled out, and we...

One morning about 5:30am I was woken from a deep sleep by what felt like a touch on my shoulder. At first I thought it was one of my cats...

A woman who recently lost her mother, reached out to me to ask how she can help a friend who was trying to navigate the impending death...

Someone asked me what grief feels like... I told her that some days it will take everything you have to get out of bed. You might go days...

One of the things I am realizing people struggle with most is not being at the bedside when that last breath is taken. Some people are...

I often say that no one asks me how my day is, because I think they are afraid I am going to tell them. Most people do not want to hear...

I was going through a few boxes of old photos that also included cards and notes I felt compelled to save for thirty-plus years, and came...

Forgive me for the rant you are about to receive but I find myself continuously frustrated when I see that people are not being cared for...

I am often asked whether I experience my own grief while watching others anticipate and go through theirs. The answer is yes. Anyone who witnesses someone navigating the reality of losing a loved one feels something. For me, it often awakens memories of my own losses. Whenever I am at the bedside of someone with a dying parent, I ache a little inside. I am envious of their relationship because I didn’t have that. When both of my parents died, I was across the room from them,

When someone is given a terminal diagnosis, with a life expectancy of six months or less to live, they find themselves with questions...

I had a conversation with a friend, also a hospice nurse, who just came back to work after taking the last few months off to care for her...

I do not have a lot of memories of my childhood, but there are certain things that have stayed with me my whole life. When I was very...

I received a message this morning from a woman who said goodbye to her mom in the middle of the night. I was with her yesterday, and one...