The practice of preparing for our own death or the death of our loved ones can be not only a big relief, but a liberatory act that sends us deeper into living our lives more fully and in love. 

Many people think hospice care is the time at the very end of someone’s life, maybe the last few days when the treatment is just comfort measures, the family is gathered around the dying person’s bed crying with Ave Maria playing, and everyone is just waiting for their person to die. This could not be further from the case. Entry into hospice care has two requirements: that the person with the terminal diagnosis is deemed to be in their last six months of life by a doctor,