A Life Shaped by the
Most Honest Moments
I didn't choose this work because it was easy or clear. I chose it because life kept inviting me into the most honest moments humans ever experience.
For more than twenty years, I've worked as a hospice nurse, walking alongside people at the end of their lives and sitting with families in the sacred space between holding on and letting go. I have witnessed fear, regret, forgiveness, laughter, silence and love in its purest form.
The dying taught me things no textbook ever could.
They spoke about what mattered. They spoke about what they wished they had said sooner. They spoke about love how it never really leaves, even when the body does.
Over time, I began to understand something deeply: the end of life is often life's greatest teacher.
Twenty Years at the Bedside
Walking alongside the dying and their families witnessing love in its most honest form, and learning what truly matters when everything else falls away.
Personal Loss & Transformation
The death of my stepfather changed everything. Even with professional experience, I felt the isolation of grief in my own body and in that stillness, a clear calling emerged.
Founding GLADD
From that calling came GLADD Grieving Loss After Death and Dying. Not just a program, but a presence. The world's first international online bereavement community.
Writing the Book
8 Lessons the Dying Taught Me the lessons weren't about death. They were about living more honestly, loving more fully, and understanding that grief is simply love asking to be carried differently.
Beyond my work, I am also a mother. Raising my two sons has grounded me in the everyday, reminding me that love is both fierce and fragile, and that presence matters more than perfection.
My mission is simple, even if the work is not: to remind the world that grief is not the end of love. It is proof that love does not end with death. It simply asks us to find new ways to stay connected.
If you're here, I'm glad you found your way. You don't have to walk this alone.
