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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...
I confess, I am a creature of habit and routine. While some people feel most alive in an atmosphere of chaos and instability, stimulated by uncertainty, I thrive when I know what’s coming. I like to plan and organize. I am the person who, when...
Our volunteers are an incredible group of people who provide comfort and practical help to their neighbors at end of life. Each Spring and Fall, Brattleboro Area Hospice offers an in-person training for hospice volunteers. Hospice volunteers support neighbors and their families who are living with...
How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do by Megan Devine, founder of Refuge in Grief Author's Note: My essay on how to help a grieving friend is among the top three most shared posts I’ve ever...
ASK ALICE This Month's Topic: Conservation Burials Dear Alice, A while back you wrote about green burials, and mentioned several cemeteries in southern Vermont that allow them. You didn’t mention any conservation burial sites in the area, though, and I have heard that those sites are the best...