I believe that balance in our lives is the only way to continue to excel in our hospice careers.

In reality, every one of us needs help at different times in our careers.

Our names don't matter in this book. Our personalities and integrity will lead the way.

Hospice, is it easy? Of course not. But oh how we strive to help.

One nurse told me recently, "I was punched in the gut today by what I saw."

Another nurse told me, "This is my last year," but of course she has said that before and doesn't mean it.

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Gigy was an adorable English cocker spaniel puppy. She had everything a puppy could want-a devoted owner, plenty of toys, a big backyard and a special human friend. But when circumstances required, the difficult decision was made to place Gigy with a new family, her heartbroken humans took on a tireless mission to ensure she was safe, loved, and cared for.

Saving Gigy is the inspirational true story of the lengths Gigy's humans were willing to go to in order to make certain she was adopted by the right family, a family who understood how special she was and give her the attention, love, and care she needed. While there was no Hollywood ending to Gigy's story, ILuta Sutra invites you to consider how a little more love and compassion in even the smallest situation can change our world for the better.

If you've ever had a dog, loved a dog, or any other pet for that matter, Saving Gigy will warm your heart and encourage you to embrace the true meaning in life by unleashing the power of love.

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These heroines communicate as women do-with intense emotion and in code! They put up with unsympathetic bosses, love the wrong men, and yearn for well-timed, unsolicited, supportive hugs from loved ones. Hilarious and heartwarming, readers will feel like part of the group as they gather for their special dinners in their chic sanctuary. Silvia, the unofficial founder of this group of crazy, lovable women, does her best to function normally despite her abject past. Julie's idealistic nature despite a cavalcade of roguish suitors continues to surprise her friends with cheerful optimism. Sarah is tightly wrapped and comfortable with anonymity until a misadventure exposes a lot more than her truth. Tina is a tough-talking career woman who can spot a "fugazi" from a mile away and hides a startling secret. And Liza, with her unique delivery of the English language and tiny bladder, drags her friends along as she defeats her archenemy and chases her dream.

What gives these imperfect women the strength to battle the everyday forces of evil? Love and true friendship. This unexpected little "family" rallies when one of them is knocked down. After all, it's getting back up that makes all the difference.

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Saga moves between her past lives and her current life as she struggles with all of the shifting alliances and competing agendas while urgently attempting to put together the disparate pieces of this puzzle. The names and faces of people from her past also inhabit the present, each playing a part as the conflict widens and the stakes become higher.

Saga finds herself in the center of a dangerous international conspiracy that threatens the family business, the indigenous Sámi people, the ancient migratory path of the reindeer, as well as the safety and security of her country, and the survival of Mother Earth.

Who will come to her aid when all avenues to a successful resolution are blocked by her evil adversary who has stalked her from lifetime to lifetime? Saga must distinguish who she can trust from those who are motivated by greed and intent on doing her harm.

Is this the ultimate conflict she has prepared for throughout the trials and tribulations of all of her incarnations?

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Triggered by recurring recollections of past traumas, Fiona now slips effortlessly between her past lives and her current life with greater regularity. The visions and memories leave her untethered as she questions what is real and what might be created by pure imagination.

How will she adjust to life in a big city, the diversity of the people who live there, and ideas that challenge what she has been taught to believe? Trying to balance the joie de vivre of her new-found freedom with the rigor of academia Fiona gets caught in an ethical dilemma.

When she falls in love with a man, who is deemed unacceptable by the standards of her provincial upbringing, Fiona must decide if she will let her traditional family dictate her choices and control her path or if she will follow her heart and pursue a life of her own choosing.

Each visit to her past clarifies her vision and provides insight into the nature and character of the people in her life, including an evil nemesis who has stalked her from lifetime to lifetime and is hell-bent on teaching her a lesson.

Just as life seems to be working out, all of Fiona's carefully laid plans are upended when chaos and drama erupt back home, leaving Fiona to seek answers to those questions that wake her in the night and demand explanations.

Will Fiona allow her past to dictate her future?

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During the initial session, Saga travels back to 1975 to rural Iowa where she embodies 18-year-old Fiona Dolan, a farm girl who has always felt like an outsider, even in her large, Irish Catholic family. Fiona has been labeled as a storyteller, but this is just another way to say they think she is a liar. Even her own mother thinks she's too smart for her own good. Only her grandmother recognizes that she has the gift. Fiona, like her grandmother, is an old soul carrying knowledge from other lifetimes.

A traumatic event catapults her further back in time, where she once lived as a different person. Remembering her past, she struggles with her own capacity for violence as she confronts the realization that members of her family and community betrayed her not only in other lifetimes, but they have followed her into her current life and are seeking vengeance.

Fiona's story becomes intricately intertwined with Saga's as she time travels between both realities. Can she find a way to break the karmic cycle of revenge and retribution?

THE SEER is the first book of THE FULL CIRCLE TRILOGY.

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Although this book honors the patients, families and the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team (better known as the IDT) for their caring and dedication, the central theme is the importance of time and life lessons. Although Hospice is the final stage of an individual’s life journey, this book is neither focused on death nor on the dying process. This is a book about how to live until the end of our lives with meaning. The individuals on these pages offer extraordinary life lessons, which serve as a legacy for all of us.

Choosing Hospice isn’t about giving up but the heart and soul of living. If we’re open to the world around us, we can learn a lesson from everyone every day in some way. The patients and their families introduced in these pages prove that truth. Woven into their stories are examples of deep and abiding love, wisdom, humor, traditions, honor, friendships, resilience, zest, courage, respect, generosity, spirit, compassion, pride............... and I am just the messenger.

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Life has taken many twists and turns for everyone, but especially Meghan. As she stands at her farmhouse sink looking out the window, she watches DOC pushing Katie in her baby swing hanging from the old oak tree. She sees the bright sun reflecting off of his wide gold wedding ring. She wonders, is this a dream? No, she quickly tells herself. The nightmares of years past, of Jack's death, of surviving the pain and grief, are over. She walks out through the garden full of color and fragrance to DOC and Katie, as big strong hands circle her shoulders. Baby kisses, jabber, teething rings, and wedding rings are new blessings.

Meg and Ellie are each thriving in their businesses and as always, in full support of each other. Meg has developed Marigold's to include additional Interior Design classes to complement her ever-growing consulting business. Grandma Annabelle would be so very proud of Ellie, who has taken the famous Annabelle's Bakery to now include a trendy café. The breakfast, brunch, and lunch menu is very much the hit of Savannah.

Anna has a new project and she is happily painting a mural on Katie's walls and sparkling stars on her ceiling that will glow in the dark. She has taken her "godmom" role very seriously and she is totally in love with baby Katie.

Lucy has a new friend. A new princess now shares everyone's attention and occasionally crawls toward Lucy's water bowl, spilling it.

Life is full of family and friends, and then the unthinkable, unbelievable, unexplainable happens when Jeff arrives in Savannah.

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