No one could believe she hadn’t planned her husband’s funeral.  It seemed natural that a funeral would be on one’s to do list when a loved one is faced with incapacitating cancer.  But after days… Read More »Through the Eyes of a Wife

Steven received his prognosis of terminal cancer three months ago.  The tumor in his brain was growing rapidly and there was little anyone could do.  Steven and his family were shocked and very scared of… Read More »A Glimpse of Steve

My 84 year old mother was a casino regular until the pandemic hit. When I say regular I mean seven days a week at the Flamborough Downs penny slot machines. She reminds us often that… Read More »The Year She Noticed the Trees – a Story of Understanding

A woman in the prime of her life, living as she had hoped and planned in a nice house, in a nice neighborhood with her two children and a wonderful husband and their pet dog. … Read More »A Letter from Mom

“Mr. X” was very frail and suffering with the end stages of cancer.  His voice was barely audible and we leaned close to hear every word whenever he tried to speak.  One day, his nurse… Read More »United in Love

She arrived hesitantly at the door and rang the doorbell, not really knowing why she had come.  Her husband’s memory drew her to this special place where he had breathed his last breath.  Feeling anxious,… Read More »One Final Goodbye…

“We had one of those storybook marriages, that’s why it hurts so much, …” says Anne of her late husband, Mac, who died of a rare form of cancer two years ago.  Anne, a nurse… Read More »The Journey of Grief

Dave had been in the Palliative Care Unit at Northumberland Hills Hospital for more than four weeks this time, his third time in the unit. Nurses asked Joan, “How is he hanging on?” Joan pondered… Read More »One Last Wish

When you live in England and receive a call saying your mother in Canada is facing cancer surgery and chemotherapy, it’s a crisis. Recently Harry had such a call and although he came to Georgina… Read More »Through the Eyes of a Son

I came here thinking that I was giving, but I ended up receiving. For three years I have been serving in the hospice world. I wasn’t sure where life would take me next but I… Read More »Through My Eyes