I really really hope I can make this happen

I really really hope I can make this happen. Will y’all help me chose some people?? #hospice #nonprofit

[RebekahSlattman]

This is such an incredible idea!! I’m sure it is going to mean so much to all of those patients.

[nooneinparticular]

The night before I had my final cardiac surgery, my wife threw me a funeral. We wore the matching dresses (hers black, mine white) I had chosen to be buried in. She invited everyone who was in my will. We ate my perfect “last meal”, a full dinner at 2:00 in the afternoon before I had to start fasting. They all stayed overnight, telling jokes and stories about our time together and crying with eachother and saying goodbye. I hope my last funeral has as much peace and happiness and food and love as my first one did.

Needless to say, I did not die on the table, and I woke up with a dozen flower arrangements that said “get well” instead of “RIP”.

[steelmagnolia]

My son passed away at 12 years old in 2018. He had a going to Heaven 🎉 Party. He loved parties..and All his bros from his Palliative Care Team got together we had pizza, they played video games and the Palliative Care group STREETLIGHT in Shands Hospital built him a Dumpster filled it with video game merch and he got to go Dumpster diving which was something he really wanted to do. We were very open with him about death..he Left me a to do list and beautiful treasures..he told me what his heaven would look like...( Catching Pokémon of Course) and We told him how thankful we were to be blessed to know and love him and care for him. He made me promise to always keep a seat for him on holidays and we do! We Loved him then and Love him still always...It's Important to let the ones we love how important they are to us and the ways they impacted our lives. My son passed a few days after my 33rd Birthday and we celebrated both our bdays that day so we'd have one last one together even though his is Jan bc he wanted to turn 13. It's not what you say that haunts you it's what was left unsaid...I'm glad we were " death" positive bc Will really felt involved and felt impowered and loved.

[michaeldougfir]

My late wife & I went to a brother in law's pre-funeral. He was a man of heart and accomplishments. He had done a great deal for many other people. He was in attendance, sitting in his wheel chair. And he got a chance to speak as well. He is gone now but he went out knowing he was appreciated and loved.

[reader]

This reminds me of a book about a true story, Morrie Schwartz. He was dying and he didn't want a sad funeral. He had a living funeral. All his friends were there and they had a great time it was full of laughter

[bestillandknow]

When I was younger and my life was a wreck, a man at work took me in when I was at my lowest. Over the many years we lost track of each & then for about a week not too long ago, I kept thinking about him & it wouldn’t go away. I still had his number so I called, but it just rang & never went to voicemail, but I continued to call every day for almost 2 weeks, when finally he picked up. We caught up on each other’s lives & then I told him that I wanted him to know that I had never forgotten what he told me years ago & how grateful I was for the kindness he showed me. I got a call about a week later from his daughter that he had died.
He told me to always be humble.

[karend]

I did this at Christmas. I wrote on both sides of the card about an elderly man I work with, how much I loved and appreciated him.
When I was driving yo my parent's place for Christmas lunch, he rang me up and tearfully thanked me for the touching card.
It's moments like these that make life worth living. 💚

[Idk_iguesss]

Wow ❤ A hospice house? I’ve been following you forever! You are seriously one of the most beautiful souls to grace this earth! Definitely doing the job the lord called you for! You bring so much to those in hospice as well as their families! I can’t wait to see! I’m proud of you! We are proud of you ( I know your regular subs think so too)! You are a light( beacon) in the darkness. Thank you for all you do to help your fellow man! If there was a “fellow man” award; you’d be the Grande Prize winner!
God bless you and your family! Keep on rocking it girl! I believe in you!

[kathleendrake]

Brilliant Idea!!! Let the person know how much they meant to us before they pass away!!!❤❤❤

[kellywilmes]

I love your energy. When my dad passed in December, I called everyone that I could think of to build picture boards of them together with their horses (he trained Arabians for over 59 years). Then I asked them to deliver it to him and sit and visit and go over all the memories with him. Then we surrounded his bed with all the boards so he could enjoy all the special memories before he left. It meant so much to him.

[elizabethgregrich]

My mom died 17 years ago. It was pretty sudden. This woman was absolutely everything to me. A few weeks before she passed she was in the hospital being treated for congestive heart failure. Everyone thought she'd be ok, but I had this nagging feeling that she needed to know how I felt. So I brought up a memory of our Friday night ritual when I was little. And she gave me this huge grin and said "I cannot believe you remember that." And I told her that I'll always remember that because it was a tradition I cherished. So, I'm very confident that my mom knew just how much I loved her.

[annetteclark]

What a fabulous idea! As a retired therapist and former hospice director and social worker, this seems like such a healthy, nurturing, and first healing experience for both hospice patient and their family members and friends. I was first involved in developing a hospice in 1983 and put my mom in hospice care in 2007. I believe in the value of hospice for both patient and family. I am glad you are opening a hospice house. Hospice has been a very positive aspect of my life! Such compassion and showing of love for others and at a time it is most needed and best received!

[Leilabuns]

as a 25 year old struggling with depression, chronic conditions and loneliness, I'd give everything just to hear from my family for just 5 seconds that I am cared for. so this is amazing, I love this, please keep this going forever 💜

[deniseryan]

Yes!! This is amazing. It’s hard the amount of times I heard the great things of the loved ones I have lost on hospice after they were done, my mother, my father, my aunt… to name a few. Let’s celebrate them and what they all did for us before they move on! Great idea!

[theGEnericE]

As my parents age and my dad struggles with dementia, I have been thinking more and more about this. Rather than planning a funeral and wondering about what they would prefer, I'd much rather plan a party and let them enjoy it! Your idea is a brilliant one!

[amycaraway]

My adoptive mother always told me to give her flowers while she was still alive...she didn't want them after she died. I gave her flowers often and told her I loved her routinely. She was a missionary for 14 yrs and her funeral was a celebration, but I'd heard it all before. A wonderful life of service.

Love your idea!! People need their praises and kudos from those that love them while they're still alive.

[abbyh]

THE IDEAS IN MY AM BATTLING CANCER....I WILL BE OK, BUT IT HAS CERTAINLY OPENED MY EYES....AND YOU?? HAVE BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES!!! AGAIN, BRILLIANT ♥️💪♥️💪♥️

[TheBriar_]

Omg! I love this idea! As a former CNA I used to get really close to my patients, and I would be bereft for days after a few special ones died. I’m thinking of a time a very special patient was intubated after surgery and would not be coming off the vent. His family were very loving and visited every day, but I don’t know that they got to have any sort of goodbye that he would have been conscious for. Even tho it’s not hospice, I think this is just what medicine is needing, thinking about how to adapt the protocols to the patient, not the other way around.

[marilyncausey]

Hadley, because of Hospice, we knew my Mama had about two weeks to live (it was actually 9 days). We took advantage of that knowledge. We invited everyone to come see her on Sunday and we had a big day just for her. 70 people came to see her that day and tell her how much they love her and talk about memories and the joy of Heaven ahead of her. People sent flowers so she could enjoy them while she was alive. More people came over the next seven days who couldn't make it on that Sunday. Everyone should pass this way, with people they love around them, out of pain and just enjoying family and friends as long as possible. Her doctor wanted her in the hospital, receiving treatments. She wanted the peace of her home and the love of her family. ❤

[emmahudsonsinger]

A friend of mine died a few weeks ago after battling MND/ALS. He was someone who spent his life teaching and directing children in the performing arts. On his birthday last year my mum had an idea to hold a concert with his past and present students with him as guest of honor.

Well we put it on in February. I was honored to both perform and be on the team that made it happen. It lifted him so much, and he knew how loved he was. Now that hes gone all we've been saying how happy we were that we didn't wait til he was gone to do it.

Tell them now. Let them know.