My memory, and my heart, is where you are stored I don’t think I could handle it if I couldn’t go there any more I am not sure what I...

When I returned to work after my brother died, I went to see my first patient. I walked into the room of a young man who was dying, and...

While waiting in the airport recently, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between two younger women, strangers initially but...

"If I knew then what I know now I would have done things differently." This is something I have said many times over the years. I had the...

When I first met him, I immediately noticed his eyes… there was a twinkle, a reminder that despite his confusion, and despite the...

When I was a little girl, I remember watching my mother at her sewing machine making beautiful wedding dresses for other people and I...

If you asked me how I was doing I’ll tell you what I would say Grief is really messy And it changes from day to day Some days I am...

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?...

One of the hardest things to do after someone dies is cleaning out their closets and drawers. Some people leave it for weeks or months...

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 the funeral of a patient recently. He was a good and kind man, who loved his family so much you could feel it when you were in...

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),...