We are born, we experience, and then we die. That is how the “game” of life works. If it is a guarantee of life that living will at some point end, why do we have such a challenge coming to terms with a terminal diagnosis? Yes, medical advances have been …

Oh guilt! We carry so much in our minds and our hearts. Feeling guilty seems to be a natural part of living. BUT how much is worthy of all the energy we give it? How much is built on prior thoughts and conditioning? Even though guilt is unproductive, we humans …

Why do we, the watchers, get so caught up in remembering the labor of dying? Because we don’t know how people die. We just have the movies and TV that show us a clean, smooth, gentle, “say something profound and close your eyes kind of dying.” Well, it doesn’t happen …

Barbara, What do you believe the person dying is experiencing as they approach death?  I do not know for sure since I have yet to experience approaching death, but here is what I have come to believe from the many deaths I have been present for. I believe we die …

I was asked what I recommend for hospice volunteer training. What guidance is needed to begin working with end of life situations? As I prepared to write my thoughts, I realized this information is not just important for hospice volunteers, but for anyone working with end of life situations — …