Creating space to pause, reflect and share experiences with dying and death

Gratitude

Gratitude

Gratitude abounds

Gratitude abounds

I cared for my mother in the last 4 months of her life. She learned to Surrender And Become My Baby. It was a privilege to have held her as she took her last breath. Forever changed gratitude abounds.

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Life is wonderful, live it!

Life is wonderful, live it!

I am grateful to have had two “opportunities” in the last six years to deal with my mortality. I now know that life is short & small, and that to be at all ungrateful for any day is a serious error of judgment. Life is wonderful! Live

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Raw emotions they shared

Raw emotions they shared

I want to thank all of my patients who have come into my life. The raw emotions they shared. The lessons they taught me about life. Bottom line, our relationships are the most important. The most precious thing we have are our relationships. At times the sadness

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Keep the balance

Keep the balance

Every moment I think about my life, each episode I have lived. I’m grateful for each soul had touched mine and the ones I have touched Thanks… Living each blessing everyday even if in that moment something doesn’t go as planned. I prayed for the strength to continue

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Birth and re-birth

Birth and re-birth

Thank you, Mom, for the life you gave me at my birth – and the new life – the re-birth -you gave at the moment of  your death. Birth and re-birth, the gifts of your life and death. All ways, always. 

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Value the present

Value the present

I never want to say ” I wish I done this” or “I wish I had tell that person how important she is to me,” thanks to you, I value the present, every pause and moment as a unique experience, and try to live fully every moment,

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Being with you all one day

Being with you all one day

My story is not anything special or different from others. I have watched, held hands, prayed with, laughed with, many dying people as I am a Palliative nurse – friend – mother, wife, etc. To all of those people, I say Thank You for sharing your life or

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Experiencing a good death

Experiencing a good death

To all the people who are the beauty of having lived a good life and  experiencing a “good death,” Thank you. 

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We are lost without you

We are lost without you

My Dear Renee, We are lost without you – where have you gone? We will never forget you – thank you for touching our lives with your beauty and brilliance, even for such a short time. All love. – The P.C. team at Medstar Washington Hospital

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You are still with us!

You are still with us!

Mom – thanks for showing me how to live fearlessly, boldly, and “in charge” until one’s last breath. I’m sorry that I didn’t comprehend what you were trying to tell us when you “woke up” in those last hours. Maybe we each are supposed to draw our

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