Hospice Care
Hospice Moments – Bless the Beasts
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: The ...
My Last Supper
Few of us get to choose our last meal on earth. Death row inmates do, and researchers report that those awaiting execution often ask for ...
Hospice Moments – Lord of the Dance
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent reflections: Joe’s ...
Hospice Moments – Salvation
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: As ...
Hospice Moments – Summer of Love
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: He ...
It Matters
In Hinduism, there is a spiritual practice called darsan. When we dance in celebration in the temple, in the presence of the statues and images ...
Hospice Moments – Magic
Spiritual Care Counselor Bette Birnbaum is often moved to poetry by her experiences with families in hospice. Here is one of her recent poems: Like ...
A Physician’s Perspective on Hospice
I believe that each hospice patient provides me with the opportunity to visit their “house.” I imagine their life as a long house with a ...
Whatever It Is That I Am
Today, I visited Mrs. H. We sat on the patio under the shade of three tall redwoods. The afternoon air was soft and warm. Mrs. ...
