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    A Walk In the Valley: Stories of Love, Loss, Life and Hospice
    A Walk In the Valley: Stories of Love, Loss, Life and Hospice
    A Walk In the Valley: Stories of Love, Loss, Life and Hospice
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    A Walk In the Valley: Stories of Love, Loss, Life and Hospice

    By Lindy Messerly

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    These death and dying stories are written for baby boomers who are preparing for the death of a parent or spouse, hospice staff or someone who may be considering hospice as a profession. Parents who have lost children or siblings who have lost brothers and sisters, or anyone who is curious about death, dying and grieving can benefit from the experiences of a hospice nurse with a heart for hospice and a tenacious approach. Did you know that Medicare has special death and dying privileges you may be entitled to receiving? Did you know many hospice programs offer bereavement and grief support for survivors up to one year after a death? Find out more about what you can do to prepare and support yourself and others who will be facing death some day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLindy Messerly
    Release dateAug 30, 2014
    ISBN9781311824493
    A Walk In the Valley: Stories of Love, Loss, Life and Hospice
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    Lindy Messerly

    Lindy Messerly is an avid reader, a hiker, a nature, children, and dog-lover, and a fifteen year hospice nurse who has enjoyed several permutations of her career in adult life. Most recently she enjoys the roles of Grandma Lindy to eight grandchildren, and Volunteer Coordinator and Reference Librarian for Prescott Valley Public Library in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The Mennonite Church became pivotal in Lindy’s spiritual life during the Viet Nam war. Mennonite Central Committee is the service branch of the Mennonite Church, where her daughter, Paisley, spent a year missionary teaching in Zambia for this organization and met her future husband, Humphrey. MCC continues to provide education and support for people with AIDS and AIDS orphans in Zambia and other African countries. All proceeds from this book will go to MCC Zambia AIDS mission work. We thank you for your contribution. Please see mcc.org for more information.

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