Alan’s clown nightmare speaks of a deep sibling bond
Alan and Bette are siblings, 15 months apart, living just blocks from Coney Island Amusement Park. A clown nightmare they both experience as small children—
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Richard’s standing ovation thanks to Mom’s skirt
The story Dorothy tells is that her son Richard had a beautiful voice. And at age 6 on this particular Sunday, nothing could compel him
Bella dreamed of being a flight attendant
Bella in her last week of life as an inpatient at hospice confides – only to her daughter and in the presence of this memory
National Hospice Foundation’s 25th anniversary
What is the essence of hospice? Ask any family or caregiver and they will tell you it is the comfort of dying in our own
Loretta’s mom learned to love her daughter by loving herself
Total images: 9 After her mom died, Loretta stuck all the original photographs in a drawer. “I would look at the photos,” says Loretta, “and
Santa had the patience to wait for Sylvia
Total images from the family: 2 According to her bereavement counselor, Jane was taking her mother’s death quite hard, and packing up Sylvia’s belongings was becoming a big trigger for