Guess how this patient was feeling when I walked into her room? NOT GOOD! She blurted out the first word that came to her mind, and I've...

My first impression of the patient in room 22 was that she was tiny and lovely and had the most peaceful smile. Her son and...

the noise in our heads like traffic in india congested chaos Do you ever get trapped in head traffic? If you're a 21st century adult, I'm...

I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. According to hospice workers, that is the...

I bet this story isn’t going where you think it might. Seeing the word God inside a big heart on a blog about grief and death makes an...

There is no more important time to know (or discover) what you really believe about life and death than when you’re struggling to come...

I believe in the power of words to heal. Whether we write them ourselves or they’re written by others; whether they come through poetry,...