A year before my grandfather died, I remember sitting with him on the front porch of his small Cape Cod style home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By his mid-eighties, he had
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reflections along the life journey by cl schilling
A year before my grandfather died, I remember sitting with him on the front porch of his small Cape Cod style home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By his mid-eighties, he had
Read moreA few weeks ago, I found myself needing to request a shift off at my hospital where I work as a chaplain. However, while requests are needed to be made
Read moreIt had something to do with a funeral—or so we were told. But within the documents buried away in the Library of Congress lay a much larger story as to
Read moreIn a small, plastic box in my office closest sit a pile of neatly folded letters. While the letters are old and the ink in some places is faded, they
Read moreSince its arrival globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic and financial insecurity for millions of people around the globe while also resulting in a massive loss of life, both
Read moreAs a hospital chaplain, whenever I am called into the room of a patient who has died, I find myself tending to their family and others who are left behind,
Read moreLast week, I found myself standing in the hallway of the unit in my hospital which had been housing our COVID-19 patients since the pandemic began. At the height of
Read moreIt is without a doubt that all of us are experiencing collective trauma stemming from this pandemic. Certainly, those who have lost loved ones from this virus are carrying a
Read moreMost of us in the U.S. are still in a sense of shock at how quickly our lives have changed in such a short time as the spread of the
Read moreDuring my senior year in college, I had the opportunity with several university students to interview older adults in a nursing facility about their experiences growing up not only during
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