Sharing. “Remembering my past makes me realize how much I have done and that I’m not only sick and dying.” I’m still worth something after these words she left us… for a better place.
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“Fare thee well… why should I weep? To see thee thus so soundly sleep…” TO know that there is no right way to grieve. That grief, the pain of grief, stays with you forever…it may adjust and you can live again…but you are forever transformed by it.
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Sitting with a family as they sat around the bed of their mom/wife/sister/grandmother/aunt. I was in awe of this family — all present and yet so scared, sad and angry. I could feel their love for my patient and yet so much stress in the room. I
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A wonderful, brilliant, vibrant, complex man who left the hospital with a 3 week prognosis to survive 2 years. In those years he made memories for his family that were so rich. He taught me so much about the power of mind and positive thinking. “Change your
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Le fait d’avoir accompagné ma mère dans sa fin de vie, et ce, pendant plusieurs mois, a marqué deprintivement ma pratique clincique, goitant las dimension sacrée du temps de l’space et de la presénce… The fact of having accompanied my mother during her end of life journey
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I remember sharing the final moments of a young women’s life with the family. As they let her go, and they let go. Seeing the incredible amount of love and how at this time the family crisis and misgivings about each other fell away and it was
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All the clients I have cared for in their final months, days and hours! I remember every client who I had the privilege of caring for at the end of their life. Some I was along with, holding their hand, some had family and loved ones present
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One last words of a child at the palliative center for kids “lighthouse” said to me and his family before passing away. “Oh la! La Vie” This powerful sentence in which he said it loud and clear was his last words. This word changed everything in my
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“Hi Uncle Pete, it’s me, Clare…” “Oh, Clare, it’s so good to just hear your voice!” Across many miles, last conversation by telephone between a young niece and her dying young uncle.
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Ma chere petite soeur to me manqué terriblement mais la vie continue pour la fille et too deux petite enfants maintenant que tu ne connais pas. Je t’aime la grande soeur. My dear little sister I miss you terribly, but life goes on for your daughter and your two
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