Three Ways to Ease the Suffering of Someone Who Is Dying
By Dr. Colleen Arnold, as told to Karen Mulder As a family physician, emergency room doctor and hospice doctor,...
Three Ways to Ease the Suffering of Someone Who Is Dying
Illnesses
A Birthday Card for a Friend Who Is Very Ill
A Birthday Card for a Friend Who Is Very Ill
Just a few days after learning that our dear friend Jim had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, the calendar...
My Friend is Dying from Lung Cancer
My Friend is Dying from Lung Cancer
My husband Larry’s best friend Jim has Stage 4 lung cancer and is under Hospice care. After visiting Jim...
Caregiving Tips for Visiting a Friend in the Hospital
Caregiving Tips for Visiting a Friend in the Hospital
Submitted by: Lisa Barker The following story is from Lisa, who offers advice from her own experience of a...
Positive Thinking Isn’t Always Positive
Positive Thinking Isn’t Always Positive
Is there a negative side to positive thinking? Letty Cottin Pogrebin in her book, How to be a Friend to a Friend...
It’s a Wig
It’s a Wig
Dayna Butterbaugh, recently diagnosed with breast cancer and in the middle of high-level treatment, was in a beauty...
Choose the Positive
Choose the Positive
Recently I read the following quotation. “Imitation is the highest compliment you can pay another person.” ...
Kim’s Promising Box
Kim’s Promising Box
Editor's Note: One of the most caring things you can do is to prepare meals when a friend has an extended illness....
