Real World Re-Entry

COVID has taken a lot. We’ll be living with those losses for a long, long time; the residue of grief not easily wiped away. But COVID also has given us some gifts. With many people eager to get “back to normal,” End in Mind founder Cathy Wurzer urges us to hold onto some of the new priorities we’ve discovered during COVID and try not to forget the lessons learned.  Read blog post

Often, the greatest gift we can give someone who is grieving is our time and attention.

Concert cellist Claire Oppert visits a palliative care home in Paris every week to to play for its residents—many of whom are struggling with physical pain as well as coming to terms with incurable illness. She’s been doing this for almost a decade. “I’m in permanent pain,” said Micheline Leroux, a cancer patient at the care center. “But I find that music helps a little to escape the pain.” What a wonderful gift!⁠  Read article