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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…