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),...

I was thinking recently that grief is like a really foggy day; you go out for a walk, you see the path below your feet, you are moving...

When my sister died several years ago, I didn't get to say goodbye. I didn't get to tell her all the things I wanted her to know. I know...

We talk a lot about physical pain at the end of life. Not all illnesses have pain as a symptom, but physical discomfort is something we...

Several years ago, I was blessed to be at the bedside of an incredibly kind and generous man. Because of him I was gifted a lifetime...

I recently spent time with a patient who was planning to take the end-of-life medications, which is approved in California. It is met...

If we talked about it more openly If we said the words out loud If we pushed aside the fear and the uncertainty Maybe the conversation...

When you work in a field where caring for others is your focus, caring for yourself can be overlooked. I know this from experience. I...

I was thinking about you today … and how you make me feel Wishing you were just a dream … wishing you weren’t real But the truth is that...

You might have heard me talk about this before... When my brother died, the grief I felt was so deep and so painful that it somehow...

One of the things I witness most at the bedside is regret. Regret is big… we can’t help but look back and think of all the things we wish...

I had the honor of sitting with a woman who asked me to be with her in the last few hours of her life. She was the mother of a very dear...