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Waiting for Dad

Again, it is 5 a m and I am awake. My cough has woken me, hopefully not the rest of the household. Justin and Rebecca arrived last night from NYC to go to a wedding tomorrow night. They stayed here...

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I am Broken now ....(long post I'm sorry)

annj49:This is so beautifully shared from the heart. I had to reblog….. Sorry for your loss. I’m so glad nothing was left unsaid between you two. AJ Originally posted on butchcountry67: Before I begin...

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A Gentle Approach to Dementia

When I first became a hospice social worker I was taken aback to realize that more than half of my patients were diagnosed with advanced dementia. I had been under the assumption that I would be...

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SURVIVING CANCER

When I received my diagnosis in 2011, of a terminal, inoperable brain tumor, I gave myself up to the treatment recommended by my physician.  Unfortunately, the high dose steroids I took only left me...

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"Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories" by Alice...

This collection of nine short stories by Alice Munro showcases her mastery of the form for which she was given a Nobel prize for in 2013. The Nobel prize is for her short stories in general rather than...

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One Wish

If I had but one wish for each of you today, it would be that you live your life to the fullest and

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Legacy

by Louise My parents are now attending funerals of family and friends at an alarming rate. When I hear of yet another one, I often wonder about the legacy I hope to leave behind. A friend of my mother,...

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Day 254 Spiritual Beings

Is death a gentle reprieve, a final release of suffering a promised resting place? Or is it contemplation coloured by memories demanding a retribution? Will death bring reunion unleash forgiveness...

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Waiting for Dad

Again, it is 5 a m and I am awake. My cough has woken me, hopefully not the rest of the household. Justin and Rebecca arrived last night from NYC to go to a wedding tomorrow night. They stayed here...

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Why Home Care is More Important than Readmission Rates: Implications for...

The Affordable Care Act added a section to the Social Security Act known which established the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Under the new fines as described in an article by Kaiser Health...

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The Hardest People to Care For

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the da

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There is a Better Day

~~~ You’re doing okay, everyone tells you, You’ll be fine, just wait and see. These clouds will pass

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10 Great Opening Lines from Novels I Love

Waking, my feet remained stuck under the covers, in a dream about a story, this morning. The story

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An unfortunate twist

A friend died today. It feels strange. How I came to know about it. He was a friend I hadn’t talked to in quite a while now. One day my boyfriend came to me and told me that his friend was about to be...

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The Power of Routine

I don’t particularly like most holidays and can have a bit of a problem with vacations. It’s not that I don’t enjoy leisure, it just really throws off my routine when the rest of the world shuts down...

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The Short Shelf Life of Immortality

One might think that the biggest drawback to being dead is that we can no longer experience being with those we love. While this belief has merit, it doesn’t have any money-making potential. But, if...

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Repairing our lives

Once we acknowledge that our time is limited, it becomes urgent that we bring ourselves to a state from which we’d be ready to exit this life. Some of us already feel that our lives are “in order”; we...

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How to Find Life's Silver Linings

“There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope. ” -Stephen...

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#1000speak - Not My Brother's Keeper

Today is the second anniversary of my brother’s death. I wrote the following piece a few months after he died. I edited it today… heavily.   *** I never wanted to be my brother’s keeper but no one else...

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Waiting for Dad

Again, it is 5 a m and I am awake. My cough has woken me, hopefully not the rest of the household. Justin and Rebecca arrived last night from NYC to go to a wedding tomorrow night. They stayed here...

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