My Case for Palliative Care Forced to face mortality is to walked through the fires of sorrow. It is not the stage on which anyone of us chooses to play. So joy in life is, so sorrow is too. When the vigil begins, is the being mortal conversation open to including family and the patient facing imminent death?Continue reading “Discussing Mortality- It Matters”
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Being Mortal
Originally posted on Wendy Karasin – Musings of a Boomer:
I just picked up a book titled Being Mortal, in which the author, a doctor, considers the experience of mortality. He explains that he was taught in medical school how to keep people alive, but not how to let them die, or even have that…
Who I Am and Why I Write
WHO I AM ARTIST PIANIST & PIANO TEACHER WRITER, REWRITE IS MORE PRECISE I WRITE BECAUSE IT’ THE POWERFUL TOOL TO VET THE EMOTIONAL UPHEAVALS. MY JOURNAL BEGAN WITH MY DEAR FRIEND, MY HIDING PLACE, FOR PRAYERS FOR MY HUSBAND, AND GUIDANCE FOR MYSELF. WRITING BECAME MORE THAN THAT. MY DEAR FRIEND READ OFContinue reading “Who I Am and Why I Write”
THIRD GATE – A REQUEST
YOU MUST BE BRAVE December 2000 “You must be brave,” said my beautiful husband. You must be brave? He must be kidding. The peril we faced suffocated me. Being brave was about as far removed from me as the life we knew and the future slipping from our grasp. Where would I find the meansContinue reading “THIRD GATE – A REQUEST”
CANCER TESTED COURAGE AND FAITH 