This compassionate episode is about a woman who Mary Anne grew to love and yet never heard speak her name. It’s about a broken medical system that truly left this woman completely desperate and at death's door. Yet, when all options were completely exhausted, a simple basement full of love in Nashville Tennessee was sent via a special friend in Oklahoma.  Though the basement is simple, the love of Christ oozes out of every cinder block in those three large rooms. Mary Anne describes how she sees the hands and feet of Christ from the moment she walks in. He is there. The heart of heaven resides in that small basement on Thompson Lane.  This Dementia Doula is forever changed and honored to have cared for this special friend and her family. Life and death will never look the same way again. In those final nine days, even in death, Mary Anne's friend showed her what life is truly about. This is what genuine compassion looks like. This old song says it best: “ What the world needs now is love, sweet love That's the only thing that there’s just too little of..." Except for a small basement on Thompson Lane in Nashville, it's full of that love!   www.heartofmaryhouse.org www.theverandaministries.org