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For many people, and especially for those who are actively grieving, this is a very difficult time of year. The clocks have been turned back, the darkness of night seems to begin to descend each day at 3pm and the nights are long. The evening...
On a brisk October evening, we were able to hold our first in-person volunteer appreciation party since October 2019. We enjoyed delicious food from Tito's Taqueria, Cai's Dim Sum, Andrej's Polish Food, and Vermont Gelato; Hallowell sang; and several of our volunteers shared tributes to BAH staff...
Serendipity. Kismet. Destiny. Coincidence. A moment in time that stops you in your tracks and takes your breath away with the wonder of it. If you believe in deities, you might see the hand of a god or goddess at work in your life. If...
It happens every year. The light shifts in the evening and suddenly it’s too dark to use the grill for supper. The sun rises too late for me to safely go for my morning run (at least not for my comfort level), so I have...
An Unimaginable Role, by Patty Dunn My soul tells me, we were all broken from the same nameless heart, and every living thing wakes with a piece of that original heart aching its way into blossom. This is why we know each other below our strangeness, why when we fall, we lift each...
From Lars Hunter, Bereavement Program Coordinator By looking at the title of this piece you may think I’m going to talk about the changing of the seasons and the trees that will morph into brilliant scenery. But this year that’s not the case. Instead, I’m going to...
Join us for a simple Fall Memorial Garden Ceremony on Tuesday, October 11, 4-6 pm at the BAH Memorial Garden on Guilford St. at the end of Memorial Park. (There is no rain date.) Instead of planting flowers in the spring, we will plant bulbs in...
Scenes from our first Hospice Amazing Hunt, our summer fundraiser/scavenger hunt, that took teams around town searching for clues. Thank you to everyone who joined the Hunt! We hope to see you next year . . . ...
AMAZING, INDEED! We can admit it - "fun" is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of hospice. That's part of what made Saturday, August 13, so special. The Hospice Amazing Hunt, our summer fundraiser, was a rousing success: Clues were found,...
Since the advent of social media, many of us have reconnected with people from our pasts: childhood friends, old flames, mentors and teachers we may not have properly thanked when we went charging off to slay the dragons of our youth. It’s a wonderous thing...