by Stuart Stofferahn | Aug 22, 2016 | Visits
Mary Back to blog With over three years of hospice volunteering under my belt, I have been somewhat conditioned to immediately feel a twinge of sadness when the phone rings – with a number I don’t recognize. “Stuart? This is Val – Mary’s...
by Stuart Stofferahn | Aug 7, 2016 | Visits
Buckley and the Little Girl Back to blog It’s the routine days that sneak up and grab you. This was going to be a regular Monday morning; we stop first to visit Nancy – who is not under hospice care, but we stopped in to see her a year and a half ago on...
by Stuart Stofferahn | May 30, 2016 | Visits
Tribe Back to blog When Buckley and I first began our weekly visits, Buckley cringed at some of the mistakes I made – either with the questions I would ask, or by the signs I would miss. “Do you have any visitors coming to see you tomorrow for...
by Stuart Stofferahn | May 23, 2016 | Visits
Learning to dance Back to blog Somehow, we started talking about dancing. I recounted how my brother and I were not given a choice in the matter. “When I was in junior high, my folks told me that it was time I learned how to dance.” And that was that. So...
by Stuart Stofferahn | Apr 18, 2016 | Visits
Reunion Back to blog “My mom died when I was only four, and my dad didn’t have a choice. There were five of us kids living on the farm, and there was just no way he could take care of all of us.” Marilyn has told this story a few times, because I...
