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If you’ve read my blogs or seen me speak, you know that my life and work were highly influenced by the time I spent as a home care social worker at Hospice of Northern Virginia. The opportunity to sit by the bedside of someone at the end of their life was extraordinary and because of […]
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On January 10, Ron’s new book, If Not Now, When? will be available. The book is a compilation of his most popular blogs, essays, and newspaper columns. You can order a copy through our website store or on Amazon by clicking this link: If Not Now, When?. The following article appeared on his blog in January 2014 and […]
Continue ReadingAround 2:00 a.m., as I came back to bed from an all-too-common, middle-of-the-night trip to the bathroom, I ran into the corner of the bed. The impact and the expletive that followed woke my wife. Yesterday, I could not find my favorite pair of jeans. They seem to have been abducted by denim fairies. Last […]
Continue ReadingA recent report on DailyFinance.com indicated that only 44% of US adults have a will. As a former hospice social worker, I can tell you that it makes life much easier on survivors if there is a will. So, do the right thing and get your will, will you?
Continue ReadingI spoke last night at the E. C. Green Cancer Center at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, KY (about 60 miles north of Nashville, TN). For a rural area, this center is at the top of its game with state-of-the-art technology and some of the most warm, caring, and professional staff I’ve ever met. […]
Continue ReadingI ran across an article on the Mental Floss website describing a drive-thru funeral home in Compton, CA. There is a short article and video here: Drive Thru Funeral Home If you’ve ever been to Chinatown in New York City or other metropolitan area, it’s not uncommon to see dead ducks hanging in the store […]
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