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Worthwhile read! “Birth was perceived as a medical event, and then in came the women’s movement and ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves,’” she said. “It wasn’t doctors who changed the way we give birth in America. It was women who said that giving birth was a human...
If being in nature and getting your hands in the soil appeal to you, consider coming to one of our garden work sessions. They’re a great opportunity to work with others in our lovely memorial garden while contributing to the community by helping to maintain...
Third Wednesdays in the Memorial Garden July 18th and August 15th 5:30-6:00 Please come to the Hospice Memorial Garden located at Living Memorial Park in Brattleboro at 5:30 on the 3rd Wednesday of each month this summer for a brief, informal gathering to remember loved ones. The...
Here is the beautiful featured song about loss from the film we're highlighting this week, Fly Away Home, sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter, originally a poignant ballad from the 1800s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQBpDkVUEco Fare thee well My own true love Farewell for a while I'm going away But I'll be back Though I go...
Movie of the week in our library's DVD collection: Fly Away Home. Stop by and check out this beautiful film. It's the story of a young girl whose mother dies in a car crash and she must go to live with her father whom she...
One regret, dear world That I am determined not to have When I am lying on my deathbed Is that I did not kiss you enough. –Hafiz...
Getting Comfortable with Grief Thursdays, July 12th and 19th, 6:30-8:30 pm Brattleboro Area Hospice, 191 Canal St. in Brattleboro RSVP to Connie Baxter, (802) 257-0775 ext. 104 Most of us are unsure of what to say and do when someone we know has experienced a death loss. And the...
On Sunday, June 3, we gathered for the 20th annual memorial garden service! We are grateful for the clients, volunteers and staff who came together to remember those we love who have died. We are thankful for the local nurseries who donated flowers for us...
Film is an incredible medium to explore our feelings about death, dying and grief. We have a small shelf of DVDs that includes both fiction and documentaries, come check them out! Today we're highlighting the British film A Monster Calls: "A visually spectacular drama based on the...