Category: Grief
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Ice Cream and 70s Rock!
To experience grief is to have had the chance to love another person. That is the most precious gift. The Cancer Center I’ve never actually sat in a cancer treatment room, “on the other side.” Sure, I’ve seen many patients during their treatment but I have never sat there and listened to what was going… Read more
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17 years…
Wedding toasts Ever since he died, I have been unable to endure the Father of the Bride toast at weddings. He was unable to do such a toast at my wedding because he was just too sick. Last weekend I attended a beautiful wedding of a colleague. When her father stood up to deliver the… Read more
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It Hit Me Like a Wrecking Ball
I was called to the ICU at the request of a patient’s family member. Earlier in the year, I had cared for this woman’s child who had died tragically. Helping her navigate through the most horrific week of her life as she learned of her child’s brain death, the palliative care team supported her through… Read more