Monthly Archives: January 2019

37 I heard Evelyn Glennie’s TED talk “How to Truly Listen” when I did a google search for deafness. In 2013, five years after my husband’s death, my […] Source: Feeling the Sound: Listening with the Whole Body – Elaine … Continue reading →

Less than a year after the Florida Legislature passed a sweeping bill that requires physicians to check a statewide database before ordering opioids for patients, lawmakers are being asked to consider an exemption for doctors who care for dying people. … Continue reading →

Source: Toxic, Chronic Shame: What It’s Like to Live with It | The Psychology of Self

Source: Widower’s Grief: Breadcrumbs

Great writing on hospice and palliative medicine from clinicians in the field. Source: Nope. We STILL Shouldn’t Claim Prolonged Survival in Hospice and Palliative Care ~ Pallimed

This essay discusses the use of “I” statements in communicating a prognosis to patients. Source: Softening Our Approach to Discussing Prognosis. | Humanities | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network

We have survived our first year. So much of a grief journey is individual. Mine has been eye opening. Today I want to share some of what I’ve learned. Source: 21 Things I Learned In Our First Year Of Loss … Continue reading →

Grieving the loss of a child is a grief that is unique. It is a loss that is still largely considered taboo, and when someone experiences the tragic loss of losing a child, there are Source: Six Things I Wish … Continue reading →

Parting is hard not only for us, it’s hard for them Source: Saying Goodbye to a Dying Loved One

We need diverse books! These books include characters that happen have various disabilities. Improve the diversity of your classroom library and home library with these books with this book list! The list includes characters with autism, ADHD, physical disabilities, wheelchairs, … Continue reading →