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By Eileen Glover, SIP Coordinator I try to start every support group session with some sort of grounding visualization/guided meditation. (Sometimes we get carried away talking right out of the gate and then we’ll do it at the end.) It’s fascinating to watch how each unique...
Ten Tips for Getting through the Holidays when You're Grieving a Loss Eat well. Drink plenty of water. Cut back on sweets, alcohol, and caffeine. Exercise. It reduces stress, and can help you sleep better. If you accept invitations to parties and dinners, ask permission to be flexible....
By Hilary Farquhar Whether this is time or snow, passing Through the night, earthward, Who can tell— White Darkness, Virginia Hamilton Adair I miss my cat. For as long as he lived with me, Tris would spend the first few hours after I brought my Christmas tree home sniffing every...
By Jennie Reichman We are entering the time of year when shopping is tantamount. Somewhere around the week before Thanksgiving, everyone really gets it that summer is over, winter is in the wings, and Christmas is (yikes!) a few weeks away. For several days before we...
In the Serious Illness Program support groups, participants share their stories. In addition to their stories, they also share questions, resources, and feelings, as well as things that bring them joy, connection, and meaning. It is my hope to feature writing, poetry, and art that offers...
Sometimes I think my cats do hilarious things just to give me something to write about. Often this involves chasing a mouse, although it's not so hilarious when they do it in the middle of the night. Here’s how it unfolded recently: They had been...
The third Hospice Amazing Hunt is in the books - what a great day! The weather was perfect, we had a good turnout, and by all reports everyone had a good time on the Hunt! On Saturday, September 28, nine teams gathered at Plated Restaurant to...
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New to our Library! Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie Tisdale Informed by her many years working as a nurse, with more than a decade in palliative care, Tisdale provides a frank, direct, and compassionate...
By Jennie Reichman Have you ever been brave? Even if your initial answer is “no,” I bet you’ve done or said things that have challenged your sense of safety, things that have involved risk, that evoked the sense of jumping off a cliff into the unknown....