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The Journey Home: Reflections on Grandma’s Passing

by Jordan Weeda Here we are. No more poking and prodding. No therapeutic goals to achieve. No pandemic protocols. No hurried doctors and nurses. This is a world of quiet …

Mary Sluke sitting near a hot air balloon

Uplifting Experience: Hospice Patient Enjoys Hot Air Balloon Ride

On an early fall morning, Hospice of the Red River Valley Patient Mary Sluke was up with the birds, quite literally. She awoke with excitement in the air and prepared …

Donovan Johnson_family on a pontoon

One More Fishing Trip Creates Family Memories for Hospice Patient

The view from Donovan (Don) Johnson’s window at Pelican Valley Health Center overlooks a fishing pier and pond in the heart of downtown Pelican Rapids, Minn. Lily pads bob and …

Landon Solberg family

Of Light & Love: Hospice Helps Solberg Family Care for Their Young Son

Landon Solberg’s eyes were as blue as the sky, his hair golden like a sunray, and a heart that radiated even more warmth. His smile was contagious, and his spirit …

Hospice Patient, Family Celebrate 102nd Birthday Amid COVID-19

Joy is not canceled. Kindness is not canceled. And most of all, life is not canceled. COVID-19 may have forced extra precautions, changed our routines and altered our plans, but …

Hospice patient Terry Nelson with her daughter, Pat.

World War II Veteran, 107-Year-Old Bismarck Resident Finds Comfort with Hospice Care

“I, Lorena Charlotte, am the only living member of my family, the eldest daughter born August 27, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois, weighing three and three quarter pounds.” So opens the …

Threads of Love Create a Patchwork of Support for Woman on Hospice

A family stitched together with love seldom unravels. – Letty Cottin Pogrebin A living room is transformed into a bustling sewing room. There sit neatly folded fabrics of all sizes …

Donna Ebeling

A Pillar of Perham Community Finds Peace with Hospice Care

Gerald (Gary) and Donna Ebeling built a lifetime of memories in 53 years of marriage. Opposites attract, they say. For Gary and Donna this adage rings true. He enjoyed traveling …

A Love Like No Other: Parents Care for Infant Son with Help of Hospice

Gauge Niemeier had soft, wispy red hair—a trait his father Trent beams about because every generation of the Niemeiers has just one boy with red hair. His beautiful blue eyes …

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The Patchwork of Friendship: Lifelong Friends Share Their End-of-Life Journeys with the Help of Hospice

Interconnected and stitched like the perfectly placed patterns of a handmade quilt, the friendship of Lois Wisted, 100, and Charlotte Hoeglund, 99, has stood the test of time. They met …

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