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Hospice
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His bridge partner of ten years arrives and brings him a pamphlet on holistic approaches to treating cancer. Has he met my dad —Jimmy Dean sausage's biggest buyer? The bridge partner asks me how my kids are doing. He thinks I'm my brother Christian. I tell him my daughter is becoming an accomplished hair stylist and colorist, which my niece is. Two more bridge players come up and ask to pray over Dad. I start to imagine a Christian rock group named the Fundamentalist Bridge Play-ers. Then his mo
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― Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition
― Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition
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My encounter with desperation while witnessing the death of a precious child changed me, teaching me that although we will have sad times, we can move on, chastened and changed but resilient and hopeful. Laurel showed me one way to live with hope as well as cancer as she thrived even when tumors grew within her small body. She exhibited how a child can push aside despair and appreciate as many moments as possible, to believe in the power of resurrection, both the human spirit and in a Biblical s
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― Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at a Time of Loss
― Questions of the Spirit: The Quest for Understanding at a Time of Loss
A reading & discussion group for people interested in the genre of grief memoir. From TUESDAYS W…more
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last active 11 years ago
A bookclub for members of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine:
Here we can "coll…more
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last active 16 years ago
Are you prepared for a death of a family member or friend? Walk with Me by Jeanne Saul gently pr…more
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last active 13 years ago
Join us @ Hospice of the Bluegrass July 19 at noon as we read "Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss & …more
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last active 14 years ago