Monthly Archives: January 2019

A palliative care doctor has compiled what amounts to a deathbed playlist of songs heard in rooms where people are dying. Source: What’s the last song you want to hear before you die? – The Washington Post

A palliative care doctor has compiled what amounts to a deathbed playlist of songs heard in rooms where people are dying. Source: What’s the last song you want to hear before you die? – The Washington Post

Dr. Gabor Maté of British Columbia recently visited Sacramento and laid out his theories in an interview with California Healthline. Source: Addiction Rooted In Childhood Trauma, Says Prominent Specialist | California Healthline

Oliver wasn’t always appreciated by critics, but she was still one of the country’s most popular poets. In 2012, she told NPR, “Poetry, to be understood, must be clear.” Source: Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry ‘Mustn’t Be Fancy,’ Dies At … Continue reading →

For all the sifting I did through my parents’ things after they died, I did not find one indication they ever made New Year’s resolutions, but somehow the practice caught on with me. They did creat… Source: Using ‘Mom Wisdom’ … Continue reading →

Time, by itself, does not heal the pain of child loss. But time, plus the work grief requires, plus God’s grace poured out on my heart and in my life, does bring a measure of healing. I did … Source: … Continue reading →

Wade and Denise Wheeler are happiest out here on their Palmetto, Georgia, horse farm, where kids with special needs come for equine therapy. Source: Vet finds new voice, after cancer steals his – Story | WAGA

STRICKEN Fernando Ricksen has revealed he’ll spend the rest of his life in a Scots hospice as he’s too ill to return home to Spain. The Rangers legend, 42, has been moved to St Andrew’s Hospice in … Source: Rangers … Continue reading →

Go ahead, unfriend me. Don’t think I won’t notice. I’ve seen your posts too, the ones that give platitudes like, “Avoid negative people,” and, “Do not allow toxic people to turn you into one of them.” Source: Unfriend Me – … Continue reading →

A nun learned the importance of sitting quietly with the dying and has helped others do that, too. Source: A nun finds that sitting quietly with the dying can be a blessing – The Washington Post