This Is Terminal

Not everyone has an easy relationship with Mom. But when it’s time to say goodbye, things change.

In end-of-life discussions, humanity should be more important than efficiency.

I’m honored to stand witness to those intimate, vulnerable moments.

In the last moments of your life, who will be with you?

A nurse reflects on her meaningful work as a hospice volunteer.

Self-care takes a back seat when we care for dying loved ones.

In many ways, Beth Bischoff-Taylor is like any other mom of a young child. She shares lots of pictures and videos of her son, Miles, on Facebook. She excitedly trumpets …

A hospice volunteer reflects on life’s beauty after a startling question from a man with a terminal illness.

Sometimes dying is full of confusion, fear, regret, denial, secrets, and chaos. Grief and conflict swirl through the person dying as well as through their family and friends. Decades of …

Music is an inextricable part of the human experience. We hear it in the womb, we play it as we say goodbye at funerals… and increasingly, music is used in hospice to …