HOW LUCKY I AM TO HAVE HAD SOMETHING SO HARD TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO

– WINNIE THE POOH

2016 May Have Been Kinder Than We Think…..

 2016 may have been kinder than we think... A dear friend and colleague who works in end-of-life care, Jane Duncan Rogers of www.giftedbygrief.com , wrote to share that she lost a long-time friend a couple of days ago. Yep another one in 2016. Jane is no stranger to...

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Suffering Leads to Grace

This is a tough one, and maybe you don't agree--but that 's OK... Our personal frameworks of the world and how it works may determine whether this is true or not or each of us... He speaks of a couple whose home burnt down while they were out, and their three children...

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The Great Equalizer….

"Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect.  The wisest know nothing." Ralph Waldo Emerson Sorrow", grief and death are the great equalizers.  That's why I am so in favor of them--it connects us all the more dearly, don't you think?...

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Why Doctors Die Differently?

In this interesting and *kind* article, the author lays out the fact that although many doctors order up loads of life saving measures for their patients–they rarely do so for themselves. I say “kind” because as you read, the tone is not one of blame, but feels more...

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3 Minutes of “heart” you don’t want to miss

So get the tissues out… Do you care like this?? This young brother and sister team is a world unto itself, with the brother as it’s gatekeeper and caregiver…the sister, a happy and knowing recipient. These kids remind us of what it is like to care so deeply, so...

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