Alternative Burial, Education, End of Life Care, Inspirational, Musings, Personal Experiences and Reflections, Uncategorized
“The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost. For none now live who remember it.” ~J.R.R. Tolkein Lord of the Rings I’ve found myself several times in recent months among other...
End of Life Care, Inspirational, Legacy Work, Musings
Many who know me, know that I’ve been away from a lot of things for the past 7 months as I’ve journeyed through the world of hospital, rehab and home hospice care with my grandmother, Virginia (most affectionately called Gram). I chose not to speak much...
Education, End of Life Care, Legal Paperwork
“It Always Seems Too Early, Until It’s Too Late.” Local Critical Care Nurses to Sponsor National Healthcare Decisions Day Portland, Maine – The Southern Maine Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), along with other national,...
Education, End of Life Care, Inspirational
I sit and I listen to the nurses and the therapists, and they say to her time and time again, “don’t give up”. She wants to please them, she doesn’t want to be a bother, she doesn’t want to be a “wimp”. So she fights with the...
Education, End of Life Care, Legal Paperwork
If you sit down to do a jig saw puzzle, many people start by putting together the frame, it sets the stage, holds it all in, essentially it outlines the big picture and keeps it all together. I’ve watched my grandmother and my father systematically put...
Education, End of Life Care, Inspirational
It is odd how the things in your life so often intertwine. When I bought my house late last year and moved in after returning from New Zealand, I noticed that nagging sense that something was missing. I quickly realized that that “something”, was a...
