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    Storytelling: The Benefits Are Many
    Tim and Ramie
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    Storytelling: The Benefits Are Many

    The images from the 1930 high school yearbook brought them all back. As we all flipped through its pages, Ramie’s grandmother regaled us...
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    Quality of Life: Tapping into our Senses
    Tim and Ramie
    • Oct 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Quality of Life: Tapping into our Senses

    "The quality of life is more important than life itself." ~Alexis Carrel When Norma said, “I think I’d like to come along” four years...
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    Hospice, Conversations, and The Tale of Two Deaths
    Tim and Ramie
    • Aug 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    Hospice, Conversations, and The Tale of Two Deaths

    The IV drip was steady and the alarms were audible; nurses were in an out as he screamed in pain. Along with his fractured back, the...
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    Anticipatory Grief: Preparing for Transition
    Tim and Ramie
    • Jun 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    Anticipatory Grief: Preparing for Transition

    Tim’s dad, Leo, was a enamored by timepieces. The house was full of all kinds, and the quiet of their small Michigan house was always...
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    It Is All About Relationships: Lifting Up Family Caregivers
    Tim and Ramie
    • May 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    It Is All About Relationships: Lifting Up Family Caregivers

    Do you ever wonder how you might make a difference in the life of a caregiver? We all know to show our support to a grieving family by...
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    Palliative Care: Unraveling the Mystery
    Tim and Ramie
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 4 min

    Palliative Care: Unraveling the Mystery

    The staccato words coming over the speaker phone from my friend Molly bounced around like the basketballs we played with as young women...
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    Long Distance Caregiving: Bridging the Divide
    Tim and Ramie
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Long Distance Caregiving: Bridging the Divide

    “Ramie, I’m terrified." One of my longest and dearest friends texted this to me earlier this week. Friends since junior high, we played...
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    Holiday Stress?
    Tim and Ramie
    • Dec 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Holiday Stress?

    Ah, the holidays are here. How is everyone doing? The stress and struggle during the holiday season can be real. At least it is for me....
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    You Gotta Have Faith (and a break)
    Tim and Ramie
    • Nov 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    You Gotta Have Faith (and a break)

    It is funny how as we age our conversations begin to shift. Our eighteen-year-old selves could not have imagined the many friendships...
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    The Conversation: How would you like to be walked home?
    Tim and Ramie
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Conversation: How would you like to be walked home?

    “We are all just walking each other home.” ~Ram Dass “Norma, there is a chance what the doctor has to say at your appointment will not be...
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    Blue Chair Moments
    Tim and Ramie
    • Sep 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    Blue Chair Moments

    Many of our Facebook followers know that we were the keynote speakers at last year’s Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)...
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    Prepare to Care: Tools from AARP
    Tim and Ramie
    • Aug 28, 2018
    • 5 min

    Prepare to Care: Tools from AARP

    If there was an award for being least prepared to care for a loved one at the end of life, we would certainly have been finalists for it....
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    An Unlikely Face of Caregiving
    Tim and Ramie
    • Jul 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    An Unlikely Face of Caregiving

    There are over 43 million adults in the United States providing unpaid care for a loved one — unsung heroes, one and all. Yet it was the...
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