Category Archives: death

Help Within A Stone

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Greet Grief

The teary-eyed, middle-aged woman sits across from me with her head resting in her left hand. Her little finger is in her mouth; the nail being bitten off. The white-haired man beside her repeatedly wipes his weather-worn hands on his … Continue reading →

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Living After A Child Dies

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Greet Grief

Life is risky. It isn’t fair. No one is safe and no one is ever given a card marked, “nothing bad will ever happen to me.” Continue reading →

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Looking Death in the Face – The Story of a Naïve Nurse

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Greet Grief

I draw the shortest straw among the three night nurses on my unit. Despite that I have less than six-months on the job, I’m the one floating to another floor (going to a different unit that you aren’t usually assigned … Continue reading →