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Of Lamp Shades & Other Finds
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is a cliché. Most of us are familiar with. Yesterday, as I got lost looking for a patient’s home, I saw something interesting in a trailer by the roadside. After a closer look, I realized it was an old upright piano lying on its side, more or less intact. After I completed my patient visit, I stopped back by the roadside piano and walked around it. Once upon a time, it had been a real beauty. Made of oak with real ivory keys now stained by age lay beached in the trailer like the carcass on animal left behind because it no longer…
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Pulled by Purpose
The burnout rate for hospice work is an average of 2 to 3 years. I’ve been a hospice chaplain for over 15 years, but I took a five year hiatus in the middle of this time to care for both of my parents who were on hospice. I think that gave me a chance to recharge my batteries. I know for sure, it gave me depth perception. I found out what it was like to “stand on the other side of the bed”, and be the caretaker, not a professional team member. It is apparent to all who know me, how much I love my job, in spite of its…