So here we are. Stripped of pretense and excuses. I take that last breath with you. But I’m still here. What to do? Take that last breath every moment. And yet it continues, Like you through me; For eternity
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About five years ago I volunteered for another organization. I remember it was February and we had a snow storm. I looked outside and decided it was going to be difficult to drive so I hopped on the bus. When I got there instead of my “client”
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I remember Adina, one of my clients very close to death when I began visiting her. As it was, I went, perhaps, all of 3 times before I was told she had passed away. She was dying of breast cancer and her right arm was hugely swollen
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Life is strange. My mother died one week before my son was born. I always thought she was there but was sick. After one week of my son’s birth I came to know that she has passed away. I always regret not being there for her. I
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I Love you Dad! I was by your side when you departed. I tried my best to take care of you. I did. I also wish there was a hospice in my former country and trained volunteers would have given him more comfort. I wish I was
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…it was 12 years ago. She was my beautiful niece… a beautiful ballet dancer… she left us 2 weeks after her 15th birthday having fought for her life for a year with an aggressive germ cell ovarian CA. …the prognosis changed quickly but her mom & dad
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Is of my beautiful brother who was in a wonderful hospice. He was cared for as well as any loved one could have been. His name was Lachlan. He is missed.
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As a volunteer I have met so many resilient people who find joy in living each day. As a bereaved grandparent I have felt the care and support of staff and fellow group members. Thank you for it all!
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This would have been our 50th wedding anniversary. We had 45 years of loving my best friend and soulmate Patrick. Having loved someone so deeply I can understand why the pain is deep as well. Loving Patrick and losing him has given me a new aspect on
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I remember a client Clemstow, a musician and saxophonist, who was trying to organize a benefit concert to save animals even though he was terminal. His favourite song “Feelings” now always reminds me of him. Each time I played it on the piano, he sang! I thought
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