The Hospice Doctor's Widow: A Journal

About this book

Everyone facing death-their own or a loved ones-benefits from this love story and practical guide in one. As a hospice doctor Bob cared daily for dying patients. At home his wife Jen listened to the stories of patients and families layering her understanding of death with the early losses of her own brother and mother. Then the man who had spent a 40-year career caregiving was diagnosed with advanced metastatic cancer. An insightful blend of art and compassion patience and endearing honesty this book comprises Jens digital art journal which chronicles this time in their marriage. What began as a visceral self-care compulsion within days of diagnosis became notes collages and images revealing the raw luminescent reflections of a caregiver-turned-widow. Beyond the practical guidance and solace offered by an insider Jens journal reminds us how to live presently during our darkest hours honor grief and discover-even after devastating loss-ways to forge forward.