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With a failing NHS and an ageing population in Britain, palliative care is a topic currently at the forefront of healthcare debate. Whether to abandon treatment in favour of palliation, is a challenging decision with profound implications for end-of-life care.
I live in Mt. Dora, FL. I work close to home. I shop close to home. On Facebook, I have "friends" all over the world. Turns out, one of those friends is an author that also lives in Florida. Leona Bodie is the Vice President of the Florida Writers Association and she shared a touching story with me recently. It is about two other authors from Florida and I wanted to share it with you.....
Hospice of the Comforter and Florida Writers Association Join Forces to Help One Dying Man’s Final Wish Come True
A TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT’S DREAM IS REALIZED THANKS TO THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF A VOLUNTEER WITH HOSPICE OF THE COMFORTER, DOUG DILLON.
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla… Meet Hospice of the Comforter patient Tony Mancuso. He offers you the best smile he can, given his physical situation while at theGarnet Heart group home in Altamonte Springs, Fla. And meet Doug Dillon, a volunteer withHospice of the Comforter of Central Florida, whose patient is Tony.
During one of Doug’s visit, he learned that Tony was a writer and before he got sick, published 1,200 copies of his first novel titled, The Lie Catcher, where he uses first names of fa
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Moments with Baxter is a collection of touching, true stories about the poignant connection between Baxter, an 19-year-old therapy dog, and the hospice patients and their families to whom he brings comfort and love. During the last six years, Baxter has helped hundreds of patients ease out of their lives with dignity and peace. His uncanny intuition and almost human responsiveness demonstrates the unique and inextricable bond between human and dog.
I was touched by the story of Baxter who, at the end of his life, is giving so much back to hospice patients at the end of theirs.
All proceeds from the book, Moments With Baxter, will be donated to charitable causes that support hospice and therapy dog training. Purchase now on Amazon. Baxter's Blog
Special thanks to Frankie and Barbara Techel at Joyful Paws, for making me aware of this story.
I can hardly write this comment because of the tears welling in my eyes and streaming down my face. What a touching video and proof positive that all beings are connected in mystical and magical ways. Thanks, Mary, for the profound and moving reminder. I'd love to write more but have to run and get another tissue.
This video truly is proof positive of the power of animals and the love they give to humans... I have watched the video at least 10-times now and still cry... I am involved as well with hospice pet therapy with my dog Frankie. It may sound odd to some, but I ALwAYS leave so full of happiness and joy after visiting with Frankie. Just knowing we are giving back, like sweet Baxter does, is so, so rewarding. Dogs do not judge and simply just love, just as Baxter prooves in the video... it teaches us once again that animals truly understand life and live in the moment. Baxter is such a blessing... HUGE blessing. Thanks for sharing this with your readers, Mary. Our world moans and groans around us, but this is what life is made of... and there is joy even till the end. God Bless!
Barbara Techel Proud Mom of Frankie, the Walk 'N Roll Dog
I've learned so much from you and Frankie, Barbara. Your ability to turn a traumatic accident into such an inspiring, motivational story is beyond words.
Okay...I promised an update on my best friend's trip to South Africa, so without further adieu...here's Diana sticking her toe in the Indian Ocean! (pretty impressive, huh?)
Molweni!
Well, I feel just like a celebrity. You know: Where in the world's Matt Lauer and Diana Black!
Mary's so right. The trip to South Africa was life-altering. For example, I didn't have a sinus infection when I left, but I do now...
No, wait. Maybe there is something a bit more profound to glean from the experience.
Like how courageous and resourceful people can be after hearing a life-altering diagnosis or forcibly removed from their homes, their neighborhoods and required to live in "houses" pieced together with metal scraps and discarded window frames.
How people can rise above wrongful imprisonment and continue to struggle against injustices to humankind.
How strong women are, and how much we are alike regardless of cultural differences.
And how everyone loves to laugh. I believe it was Victor Borge who said, "The shortest distance between two people is a smile."
The opportunity to make this trip and share it with Mary's blogger buddies sure makes me smile.
Okay, I think this is where I'm supposed to say how wonderful she is (right, Mary?), and how without her, I would be nothing. That she has made me everything I am, the woman among women I model myself after as should every other woman in the universe. (Did I forget anything? Oh, yeah...) And she's beautiful and a wonderful writer and my bestest bud. (Those last comments? Right from my heart.)
So thanks, Mary, and all of you who expressed an interest in my little jaunt. May each of you succeed with your own individual "trip of a lifetime." Be it that trek to the mailbox with your first manuscript or to a foreign corner of your imagination and/or the earth.
Hamba kakuhle (Xhosa for "go well"), Diana
Want more pictures? Here's the link to Diana's amazing blog. You'll see amazing pictures of scenery, Diana's "sista sojourners," lions, native birds, and you'll even (almost) see a picture of a giraffe!
I'm incredibly proud of my best friend. She is, as we speak, on her way to South Africa. The trip is in connection with her former employer, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN. Diana worked at Alive for 7 years until she moved to Georgia just over a year ago.
She became aware of the wonderful work that Hospice does when her dad became ill and needed assistance. Diana, her sister, and Hospice and Palliative Care of Southern Indiana helped make a difficult situation, bearable. She vowed to "give back" and she did; first by volunteering at Alive and then by becoming a full-time, valued employee.
But, back to the trip. Alive has a Sister Hospice in Krugersdorp. They have, through the years, raised money to send much-needed supplies to South Africa. Diana was supposed to go last year but it conflicted with her move to Georgia. This trip, as last year's, organized by Naomi Tutu, daughter of Desmond Tutu, will help foster even more good will between the two non-profit care facilities.
Diana should be arriving in Capetown in about three hours, after a 22-hour flight! She'll then travel to Johannasburg and then on to Hospice in the West, located in Krugersdorp, to visit with the staff.
Some side-trips include visiting the Krugersdorp Game Preserve, and touring Robben Island Prison, "home" to Nelson Mandella for much of his life sentence. He was finally released in 1990. I'm sure that trip will be a very emotional experience.
Anyway, I'm just so proud of her! At a time when many people our age are choosing to slow down a bit (I'm not judging. You're earned it!), Diana is exploring the world. And, not the world of fine Paris café's, or Greek ruins, or Bahamian white-sand beaches. She's exploring a part of the world that most of us know nothing about. She is reaching far beyond her "element." I applaud her for taking this trip of a lifetime.
So, tell me. How far would you venture from your "element?"
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland begins with Alice, a young girl, sitting on a bank quite bored and sleepy. All of a sudden she sees a White Rabbit running by saying “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!” The narration points out that when Alice “thought about it afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural.” (more…)
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