Tag Archives: dying

Last smile

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Angelnurse0513

It is 3am and the mockingbird is singing the song of the catbird, the robin, and the sparrow in hopes of finding a mate.  This started two weeks ago, outside my bedroom window- he perches in the cherry blossom tree … Continue reading →

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Hugs

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Angelnurse0513

Yesterday I went to the wake of a friend’s husband.  She was in the midst of the emotional turmoil that surely accompanies any one in that moment. Standing in front of the casket greeting people with tears and hugs desperately … Continue reading →

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Changes

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Angelnurse0513

Change is the only constant in our lives.  November has arrived and with it the early morning brisk sunrises, the hope that the sun will warm us as he passes along his path.  Sweatshirts and jeans are calling from my … Continue reading →

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Ground Control

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Angelnurse0513

Falling asleep after a particularly challenging day at work my mind swirls around my hospice patients and the day’s events…I wonder if there is more I could have done to alleviate the suffering…it is not physical or emotional suffering that … Continue reading →

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Sharing Clouds II

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Angelnurse0513

Yesterday I sat by the bed of my dementia patient who was actively dying.  He was the one I shared a lucid moment of watching the clouds only a few short weeks ago.  His breathe was unnaturally even like a … Continue reading →

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the Awakening of Love

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Angelnurse0513

I should be amazed, but instead as I see the CROW once again as I pull up to my patient’s house, I just smile. The CROW has become my helper in my world of hospice.  I know when he arrives … Continue reading →

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Spring Postponed

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Angelnurse0513

  Spring has been postponed for some of us this week.  Yet another snowstorm challenged plans and inconvenienced life as we desire it.  Shovel, salt and sunshine my ultimate weapons. I don’t dislike the snow, its just that my heart … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Forgiveness

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Angelnurse0513

Yesterday I was called to the mysterious world known as the ICU. Being a hospice nurse this is the other end of the spectrum from my work. Here the courageous nurses of the ICU work miracles to keep their patients … Continue reading →

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Love and Hospice

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Angelnurse0513

Listening to the morning thunder roll through I remember as a child I was deathly afraid of storms until a babysitter explained them to me.  She picked me up in her arms and stood by the window as the flashing … Continue reading →

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Two days with the Angels

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Angelnurse0513

It is 4:44am and I wonder why I am awake, it is the time of Angels.  The Angel number sequence 444 means you have nothing to fear for Angels are all about. And so I write of my most recent … Continue reading →

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