The Art of Waiting
To paraphrase the writer Viet Thanh Nguyen – the death of each of my patients is lived twice: once in current time and once in memory. Some of my memories of patients are intensely vivid, as if they were shot in...
Read MoreAuthor: Mary Ann Papageorge
An Old Lady’s Poem at Christmas Time
Many Christmas’s ago a patient of mine presented me with this Poem. It became one of my cherished gifts and reminders of who we are as people and particularly patients. What do you see, nurses, what do you see? What are...
Read MoreReviewing a Life
A while ago my husband and I began reviewing and editing 50+ years of videotape we recently digitized. There was footage of grandparents, parents, friends and family, births and celebrations that I had long since forgotten. Who...
Read MoreCalling All Souls
When my cat Tiger died she left a nearly unbearable ache in my heart. Animals do this: They hold joy and love and solace in a way humans can’t, and then they die. But after she died, I heard her. I was sitting at my desk and the...
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Talking Death Cards
Talking Death Cards provide you with engaging questions that inspire deep and meaningful conversations among family, friends and colleagues in an easy to use playing card format.