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Two Important Lessons
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 5 CommentsTo make a long story short, my dad died and my son was born nearly three years ago. Just recently, I’ve learned two important lessons. My dad was a good dad. He taught me everything he thought a man should know. We hunted and fished,... -
Hospice Cares, Even if Your Health Care Provider Seems Not To
Posted on December 16, 2010 | 2 CommentsGracie, a nurse of 16 years, the most recent 14 of which she has spent as a hospice nurse, told me the story about a patient that she’d had several years ago. Sam had been diagnosed with HIV and it had progressed into full blown... -
Don’t Stick a Tube in Me, I’m Done
Posted on July 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsWhen we’re young we have no real concept of life expectancy, death or what it means to be ill and infirmed. We think of the future as forever and we believe that we will live to see it. A child will blindly walk into the... -
Why Do We Pray?
Posted on June 18, 2010 | 9 CommentsWhen my dad was sick and in the hospital I prayed hard and often that God would make him well. I’ve done this many times for people I’ve loved and for loved ones of friends. Last night I was thinking about this and had an... -
I Can Handle Death
Posted on May 13, 2010 | 5 CommentsWhoever said “The only things certain in life are death and taxes” was wrong. In fact, the only thing certain in life is death. There are songs about it, religions based on it, movies that revolve around it and fictitious characters created to personify it. ...
