This is beautiful. Other hospitals where I worked had this tradition but the one where I am at now doesn't yet, but I've been trying to talk administration into it for a little while, so we'll see. I also think it gives a little closure to the chaplains who journeyed with the families at the end of their loved ones life.
Thank you Jon. I so needed to hear this today. I appreciate what you do even though it emotionally costs you.
Merry Christmas to you and your sweet family.
This is beautiful. Other hospitals where I worked had this tradition but the one where I am at now doesn't yet, but I've been trying to talk administration into it for a little while, so we'll see. I also think it gives a little closure to the chaplains who journeyed with the families at the end of their loved ones life.
You can tell them that it helps people feel heard and seen. Which hospitals needed these days.
It reminds us that what we did and do is for the dying, yes, but also for the living. Including ourselves.
And may I tell you this? A woman came up afterward and said, "Are you the one that wrote that book? Thank you. I read it every week."
Thank you.