Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
At the Bedside
“Gabby, I think mom is dying.” This was a message I received from the daughter of a woman I had the pleasure of visiting with for over a...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Everything Comes Back to You
I picked up the phone to call you today Forgetting (again) you are gone So many things I’ve wanted to say Wishing you could pick up the...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Nov 2, 20234 min read
"I've Got You"
When I started this particular blog, I had just been present for seven people in ten days who had exercised their legal right to take the...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Oct 23, 20234 min read
Conversations with kids about death
I was on a flight home sitting next to two kids, ages six and nine, both girls. They were playing games with their laptops, and watching...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Oct 20, 20233 min read
"They are all here"
This is a story about one of my doula clients who invited me to be there every step of the way of his end-of-life journey until he died a...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Oct 8, 20234 min read
When our last breath is taken
I was sitting with a woman who was days before her death, fully conscious and aware of everything she was feeling and experiencing. She...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 28, 20232 min read
We all grieve differently.
“Gabby, why am I grieving the loss of my mom more than my sisters are? Why is mine so much deeper and more painful? I feel like it’s...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 21, 20232 min read
Give them a voice!
I was with a woman who was in her eighties and had Dementia although there were moments of such clarity that I sometimes forget. With...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 16, 20232 min read
Don’t stop telling their story
I was having a conversation with my granddaughter recently, telling her a story about my mom, who had died way before she was born. She...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 8, 20237 min read
Caregivers - The unsung heroes
I first started working in the end-of-life field as an in-home caregiver, which is what motivated me to become a hospice nurse. As a...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 7, 20233 min read
The Five Senses
Something I teach in my classes and use as an assessment tool for someone who is declining from age or illness, is the significance of...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Wind Chimes
I know it's you that comes to visit me I feel you each time It might be the rainbow after a pouring rain And always when I hear wind...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 23, 20234 min read
The Secret Keeper
It is not my place to tell someone how to feel when they are dying. I never try to fix or change their mindset, and rarely am I asked to....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 20, 20231 min read
My Mortality
Who am I and what have I done Where have I been Have I had enough fun Have I taken advantage Of each moment and of time Have I cherished...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 10, 20232 min read
Don't stop seeing their beauty.
I try to walk every morning, and I change my route each day to break things up, but the one thing that never seems to change is the...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 26, 20231 min read
We will not walk away
When someone has received a terminal diagnosis, and they’ve been told they have less time what this translates most to them, is that they...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 4, 20233 min read
Feel what you need to feel.
I was with a family the other day as they were preparing to say goodbye to their matriarch. She was in her nineties, has ten children,...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 25, 20234 min read
Dignity Day
“Autonomy can be defined as the ability of a person to make his or her own decisions .” When someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 18, 20231 min read
Forever tucked inside
To be gifted someone that loves you To know that feeling in your heart To be cared for well, and to feel safe In life… that is the very...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 15, 20232 min read
Gifts for someone who is ill, dying, or grieving.
I am often asked what the best gift would be to bring someone who is dying or someone who is grieving. Our first go-to is usually...
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