Mom was just shy of 91, an independent living, driving, cooking, shopping, bridge playing, charming Southern gal. Raised on a South Georgia cotton farm, she was confident, well liked, with lots of friends. Continue reading
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Be Careful How You Leave: Creating Peace for All Parties
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012 09:42
I pulled the stifling surgical mask off my face as I left my last patient’s room. I had just finished suturing a complicated facial laceration and was bone-tired from the evening. Glancing at the clock, I saw that mercifully, my shift was over.
Collapsing into my chair to finish up my charting, I was slightly annoyed when my nurse held a clip-board in front of my face, “Here is your next patient.”
Creating Emotional Wellness at the End of Life
Monday, 17 Sep 2012 09:39
Emotional wellness is important to cultivate in all phases of living, but may be most naturally available at the end of life—the very time when the wellness of the body may be waning.
How is this so?
When people have a sure knowledge that they are nearing the end of their lives, a new type of energy is unleashed. Old inhibitions and blockages may be released. An emotional and spiritual window of opportunity opens which allows love to be shared more freely, old grudges to fall away in insignificance, and relationship healing to occur which seemed unobtainable at other times of life. Continue reading
