I had a patient a few years ago, who I visited twice a week until she died. On her coffee table was this box, it was never opened. It...

I truly do believe that people are coming from a thoughtful place when they say things to someone who is grieving, but unfortunately,...

When I walked in the room, I could see she was struggling… for life, for breath, and for peace, and when she said to me, “can you help...

“Gabby, I think mom is dying.” This was a message I received from the daughter of a woman I had the pleasure of visiting with for over a...

I picked up the phone to call you today Forgetting (again) you are gone So many things I’ve wanted to say Wishing you could pick up the...

When I started this particular blog, I had just been present for seven people in ten days who had exercised their legal right to take the...

I was on a flight home sitting next to two kids, ages six and nine, both girls. They were playing games with their laptops, and watching...

This is a story about one of my doula clients who invited me to be there every step of the way of his end-of-life journey. He shared what...

I was sitting with a woman who was days before her death, fully conscious and aware of everything she was feeling and experiencing. She...

“Gabby, why am I grieving the loss of my mom more than my sisters are? Why is mine so much deeper and more painful? I feel like it’s...

I was with a woman who was in her eighties and had Dementia although there were moments of such clarity that I sometimes forget. With...

I was having a conversation with my granddaughter recently, telling her a story about my mom, who had died way before she was born. She...

I first started working in the end-of-life field as an in-home caregiver, which is what motivated me to become a hospice nurse. As a...

Something I teach in my classes and use as an assessment tool for someone who is declining from age or illness, is the significance of...

I know it's you that comes to visit me I feel you each time It might be the rainbow after a pouring rain And always when I hear wind...

It is not my place to tell someone how to feel when they are dying. I never try to fix or change their mindset, and rarely am I asked to....

Who am I and what have I done Where have I been Have I had enough fun Have I taken advantage Of each moment and of time Have I cherished...

I try to walk every morning, and I change my route each day to break things up, but the one thing that never seems to change is the...

When someone has received a terminal diagnosis, and they’ve been told they have less time what this translates most to them, is that they...

I was with a family the other day as they were preparing to say goodbye to their matriarch. She was in her nineties, has ten children,...