As a PSW, I cared for a gentleman who was quite the ‘academic’. He was proud about his personal care, which I performed quickly/quietly. His passion was to teach and he shared that his depression through the process of palliation was around the loss of his ability
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All my life, I was so close to both my mom’s dad and my dad’s mom. They both left too young. A grandparent from both sides of me! (My heart) when grandma died. I had just seen her a couple of days before at the retirement home
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I wasn’t there when you died and I’m sorry. I know you were trying to wait until I got home-but you couldn’t wait any longer-the angels were calling you home. I was across the ocean in your homeland when you said goodbye. It crushed me-but I found
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When my dad passed away, I felt numb, not because of pain but because my dad had been sick since I was young, and I didn’t really know him. I felt a great deal of guilt over the following years for feeling so detached and indifferent to
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I lost my mom 10 yrs ago to cancer. She worked too hard and long so that she would be able to travel, but retirement came and so did a cancer diagnosis. This experience has changed how I live now. I live for today and ensure time
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My grandmother was always a prominent figure in my life growing up and was a stern role model, almost the ‘glue’ of our family. When I was 17 my grandma died unexpectedly. My mother never coped or properly grieved the loss of her mom, and ended up
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As an RN working at the hospital I was asked to head to the ICU department to bring a pt back to our palliative floor as the family had made the decision to take an EOL approach. I went with a college to bring our pt back
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Life is too short need to enjoy each and every minute. A friend of mine who was at his prime time of his life was gunned down in the morning hours of the day when going to work. He was my cheer leader, supporting me in everything.
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I miss you so much dad, everyday the world reminds me how special it was when you were physically here with me – now I just use my senses to remember that I and this world is so much better for having had you in it. T’amo
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I remember when we first met; it was the single most thrilling day of my life. Those beautiful blue eyes that made me forget all the pain that seemed to never go away. I felt strong in your arms, like Spiderman. You made me who I am
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