I cared for a woman who was in her nineties, she lived a good life, and she was loved by many. When her last breath was taken, there...

I have a patient who died a few days ago. During the weeks, days, and moments prior to his death, his entire team of caregivers,...

I had a tough day yesterday... I responded to a call that a patient had died, a homeless man, living alone in a shelter. I won't share...

I had dinner with a woman I only knew for a few weeks while I was her mom’s hospice nurse. She is lovely, her heart is big and it is...

Every morning I pull a different card from one of my many random boxes of Goddess, Fairy, Shaman, Healer, Angel, or Star Child cards. I...

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 recently; “when the elderly die, a library is lost and volumes of wisdom and knowledge are gone." This got me thinking...

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 was speaking to a group of hospice volunteers and one of them asked me 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...