In Autumn's Cocoon

I have wanted to write a blog about the power of touch when supporting someone who is dying for a while now.

At present a number of my very close friends are dealing with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. Some of them are closer to...

My hospice experience began when I was in my early thirties and married. On a weekly basis I would visit patients as a volunteer on the palliative unit in our local hospital. Prior to taking on this role I had never seen the physical changes in a body as someone neared death nor had I been with someone at the moment they took their last breath. I was both curious and afraid of what my initial response to such an event might be. Would I be strong enough in support for both

It had been weeks on a roller coaster of pain and exhaustion for Gordon (my husband). His spine was beginning to crumble from the...