June 1998 As I talked with Sarah* and prepared her for theatre, she talked about how she was feeling. I asked her if she would mind if I came in with her and she said she didn't. She asked if I was going to hold her hand. I explained that there would be a nurse… Continue reading The one where it was 22 years ago (On “Comfort”)
Month: December 2020
Sacred to the memory
(Poem - originally published 26th November 2019 on another blog) We care for people at all stages of their life. Through and after death as well. This poem was written after I reflected on the care of a man who had died in the morning and as we prepared his body that afternoon for that… Continue reading Sacred to the memory
Receiving Consent 