Elephant in the Room

https://awarenessact.com/when-she-is-gone-you-wil-realize-/

We need to be MORE outraged!!

Don’t be afraid to talk about them. Share the gift of allowing them to talk about their loss and share their stories of their life with them.

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We never forget... even when they have been gone a very long time... I found a letter my sister wrote me 15 years ago. I sat down on my couch and I thought abo...ut her... which I haven't done in a bit... and I love the idea that she is always tucked deep in my heart to be able to bring out for a visit any time I need her. We might have said goodbye to those we love, but they are right here in our hearts, with us always....

"This, friends, is what greatness looks like in a quiet moment." Scott Mann posted this about his mother-in-law. It will take you less than a minute to read it.... And I promise it's worth it. Here's what Scott wrote: This is Sharon, my mother-in-law. She taught me it’s important work to see someone for who they are and not what you expect. When I first met my mother-in-law I had a hard time understanding her thick south Virginia accent. And she seemed a little bossy in that southern passive aggressive polite way. But I knew she was important to the love of my life, so I accepted her grudgingly as some of us do when family is forced on us. After 5 years I still didn’t really know her. When my wife got leukemia at 30. When our world was shattered and changed forever, Sharon very quietly and very firmly stepped into the role she was born for. She moved, with her dependent Vietnam vet husband, into our house and became Michele’s caretaker too. Over the last two years she bought most of the groceries, cooked almost every meal, did most of the laundry and cleaning, drove both dependents to almost every one of the 300+ doctor appointments, sorted tens of thousands of pills, and made sure they were all taken on time at every hour every day. And she did this when she herself was diagnosed with cancer 6 months ago. When she was getting a mastectomy. When she is going through chemo. She hums when she works. She talks to herself when there’s no one to listen, and she goes about every day with humility and grace. I took this photo before I left work this morning. She didn’t know I was there. This, friends, is what greatness looks like in a quiet moment. Waiting on oatmeal to cook for her daughter for the 300th time since she got sick. Not everyone gets to have a real-world superhero in their lives. And for this I am filled with gratitude every day. ---Scott Mann

This is what Grief feels like.. Don’t judge it Don’t rush it Don’t dismiss it Don’t suppress it ... There is no Rulebook for Grief. It comes in waves. And I pray for the ones who feel as though they’re drowning. This is in Switzerland~ I think it describes grief perfectly. By Albert Gyorgy and it is entitled "Mélancolie"

Ironically, when I worked in veterinary medicine, someone brought in a dog that they said had died, and when I opened the blankets the dog was definitely not deceased. I didn't know that type of mistake could happen in human medicine too!

This comes to us from Olga Nikolajev. Many thanks.

Time is our best healer.

I am finding that while I still do not like wearing gloves, masks, gowns and booties at every patient visit, I will no longer allow them to have the power of ge...tting in the way of the care I want to provide to those at the end of their life. The care we provide is set with intention and heart and nothing can get in the way of that. COVID tried to take that away from us. I will not let it win ... certainly not with this hospice nurse!!! My patient was dying... I took his hands in mine and I whispered in his ear, "I got you. I am right here... you are not doing this alone". I truly believe... he knew it and he felt it.

https://www.cbc.ca//covid-19-sisters-canada-united-states-

Yes you will...

The price of love!

I have many people I can say this about.... they are gone but they are here