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"What a magical place," my siblings and I said as we arrived at our summer rental last week. The thing is, we kind of knew it would be: We found a house across the river from where we grew up, on an estate we used...
Please Leave a Message Lars Hunter, Bereavement Care Coordinator While on vacation recently I ventured out to western Pennsylvania to visit family. While I was there I had a chance to visit the Flight 93 National Park Memorial. The Memorial is a sacred place of honor for...
Advance Care Planning Coordinator, 8 hours per week Brattleboro Area Hospice is an independent community organization and one of a handful of volunteer hospices left in the United States. We support community members who are seriously ill, dying and grieving. We were founded on the...
Hospice Care Coordinator Job Opening, 24-32 hours per week Brattleboro Area Hospice is an independent community organization and one of a handful of volunteer hospices left in the United States. We support community members who are seriously ill, dying and grieving. We were founded on...
"For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest." ~ Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno (For I will consider my cat Jeoffry) *********** I took the first week of May off to tackle the yard and whip my gardens into shape, and maybe get to a...
The 25th annual Memorial Planting Service sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice will be held Tuesday, June 4, at 5:00 pm at the Brattleboro Area Hospice Memorial Garden, Living Memorial Park, Guilford Street in Brattleboro. Please join us as we gather to plant flowers, create memorial messages...
by Heather Brubaker On the Loss of A Bull I’m on my knees in the entryway of my home, my face level with my six-year-old daughter’s. She’s standing in her socks, still padded in snow pants and a mint green coat sprinkled with tiny stars. I hold...
I went to Ohio last week to see my mother and sister, leaving a day earlier than planned to beat the storm that was brewing. March, it seemed, would go out like a lion. As I drove through the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge on I-90...
Reflections on a Vigil Erica Breen, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Recently, Brattleboro Area Hospice volunteers completed a vigil with a client who lived alone. A vigil is when we offer a continuous, comforting presence over the final hours and days of a person’s life, while they are actively...
By Erica Breen, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Recently, Brattleboro Area Hospice volunteers completed a vigil with a client who lived alone. A vigil is when we offer a comforting presence over the final hours and days of a person’s life, while they are actively dying. In the...