Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Out of the Mouths of Babes
I recently had dinner with a woman I only met a few weeks ago ... she is lovely, her heart is big and it is generous, and she is kind....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 24, 20214 min read
Quiet Reflection
Every morning I pull a different card from one of my many random boxes of Goddess, Fairy, Shaman, Healer, Angel, or Star Child cards. I...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Celebration of Life
I recently went to a memorial service for a patient I didn't meet until after he became non responsive. I didn't know anything about him....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 11, 20213 min read
Let Go of the Rope!
Almost every single one of us carries something with us from our past, something heavy that in many ways holds us down or back from...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 7, 20212 min read
The Truth
A friend of mine asked me today, "what should I tell the kids?" and this was about their dog, the family pet, a member of the family....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Wisdom and Knowledge
I saw a quote recently; “when the elderly die, a library is lost and volumes of wisdom and knowledge are gone." This got me thinking...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Sep 7, 20213 min read
It's Time
I was sitting with a husband who was about to say his last goodbye to a woman he has loved for forty years. He told me, "she is the most...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 30, 20213 min read
TIME
How much time do we have? Where did the time go? I wish we could go back in time. Remember that time? Time is on my side… time is not on...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Aug 20, 20213 min read
Light as a Feather
I was sitting with a friend on a bench when a white feather slowly floated by, stopping periodically as if to say hello or perhaps just...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 31, 20214 min read
The Emotional Response to Navigating Loss and Grief; Theirs and Mine
I was speaking to a group of hospice volunteers and one of them asked me two very powerful questions, “do you ever become emotional when...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 21, 20215 min read
Who are we to judge?
In this time of so much controversy, so many personal opinions differ, and while some keep it to themselves, others are quite vocal. How...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 16, 20215 min read
Is there room in the hospice team for an end-of-life doula?
I have been a hospice nurse for a few years now, and it is without a doubt, the work that I was always meant to do. Working in...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jul 4, 20214 min read
Goodbye Max
Today I went with a friend to help him say goodbye to his dog. Nine years ago we went and picked him up at the airport, he was just a...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 26, 20213 min read
The Art of Saying Goodbye
When we walk out the door, when we leave a room, or when we grab our keys to go, we usually say “goodbye” to whomever is there with us....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 12, 20214 min read
Untangled
I was speaking to someone recently who had been working on life stuff… you know, the messy things that we all go through, myself...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Jun 5, 20214 min read
With Us Always
She died 33 years ago She was only 51 years old As I was leaving the home of a patient, I took a wrong turn, and then another wrong turn...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 23, 20213 min read
Living Life with Less Regret
I was asked recently if I could be told how much time I had left, would I want to know. I had to think about this for a bit. My immediate...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 13, 20216 min read
The Beautiful Woman in the Rose Garden
As I was driving to see a patient one afternoon, I was at a stop sign and looked over and I saw a woman clipping roses in her garden. The...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
May 2, 20213 min read
The Tea Light Candle
If you could relive just one moment in your life, what would it be? This is one of the questions from the Death Deck and was asked...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
Apr 11, 20212 min read
When your slippers are on the wrong feet.
The other morning, I got out of bed and put my slippers on like I do every morning. As I started to walk toward the kitchen to get the...
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