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>For Jon Marshall Greenberg, God is gracious.February 22, 1956 – July 12, 1993 Journal entry, undated, in the year of his death, 1993I have been learning, since I first opened that door, to handle spiritual reality for increasingly longer periods … Continue reading →

>Tim Cousounis at Palliative Care Success has posted the July edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds. Go check it out! And please send me your most interesting palliative care blogs for the August edition!

>DAY 1 Preventing falls? C-PAP or tai chi? Probably not. Ice cave collapse Finding myself in the crevices/between places Where I do not belong Radio this morning: Air France jet disappears on route. Shaken-baby syndrome Blast injuries Death—it’s just the … Continue reading →

>The June edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds is now up here, at Angela Morrow’s About.com Guide to Palliative Care. Once a month, someone hosts this interesting group of recent blogs about death, dying, hospice and palliative care. Go and … Continue reading →

> I didn’t know George Tiller, but I did know John Bayard Britton and David Gunn. The connection? All three were physicians. All three provided abortion services. And all three were murdered–that is, shot to death at point blank range–by … Continue reading →

>Pager bleats its rising and lowering notes (de-da-do-da-de). Familiar as my name, but as I am wading from sleep to wake, I seem to think that a fire truck, siren blaring, is racing down my street. Fire? Should I wake … Continue reading →

>All of us. Each of us.With our distinct faces,Our unique thumbprints,Our own affliction. For a long timeI have collected painAnd now I don’t knowWhat to make of it. Isn’t this enough? ToEnter this world throughOur own mother’s body?But we are … Continue reading →

>I’ve been visiting her for several months, mostly working on her chronic pain. Sometimes, before a visit, I think about how hard it is to sit with her. She is really depressed. And really in pain. Some of it is … Continue reading →

> Part 1: SuicidesThere is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. ~Albert Camus Each victim of suicide gives his … Continue reading →

> Today when I visited, I sat by her bed again, quietly, with my hand resting lightly on her thigh, hoping she would awaken, but unwilling to wake her. She looked peaceful, almost secretly cheery. I looked around the snug, … Continue reading →