Corresp0ondence

Here are some samples of correspondence I receive from readers.  Names, locations & personal information have been deleted.

Hi, Michael---a friend shared some of your information she had received from a hospice agency and after reading it, I visited your website.  One nurse to another,  your website is first-class !   Having been a nurse 30+ years and doing case management for most of those years, I wish I had had access to your insights and writings a long time ago. While I’ve been at the bedside of many dying patients, walking through the dying process with my husband 5 years ago really opened my eyes to the wonders of the process and the need to approach it as something spiritual and enlightening.  Thank you so much for putting your experiences and knowledge “out there”.  I wish you much continued success with your books and educational efforts.

Thanks so much—

For starters, I want to say how much your essays helped me and my family during my mom’s passing this past May.  For me personally, you really helped me understand what was happening to my mom right before my eyes.  It was as if you were holding my hand during her dying process. 

Thank You And God Bless

Michael,

My Dad passed in Oct 2009, one month to the day after his 80th birthday. We moved him to a hospice center a week before he passed.
They shared a copy of your book which helped us tremendously to understand what he was experiencing in his dying process.
We would not have understood what he was doing and that we had already seen some of the process start some weeks before
his actual passing, with out having the information provided in your book. I believe it is a wonderful gift that you have studied and
are able to provide to others. I feel that it helped with my greiving process. We all fear the unknown in some way, but with reading
your book the unknown aspect was not as fearful. Dad made many contacts with family and friends the week before he passed.
He talked to his mom, dad, a child, whom we think he was talking to his great granddaughter who passed away 4 years ago, and a neighbor, all who have been gone for quite some time. He gave us all gifts to keep in our memories that last week. Thank you for
helping us all understand and to be more comfortable with what he was going through in his dying process. I think anyone struggling
with a loved ones passing would benefit from your book.
Thanks again.
Wishing you God's Blessings.
 

Hi,
I read through your website and your views and perspective on dying process – I must say you are very very insightful.
I have a friend who has had a lengthy struggle with breast cancer – it has now metastasized to her lung and perhaps other organs as well. I am a counselor, but I’m too close and this is too emotionally charged. I’ve provided support, guidance and “space.” It may be beneficial for her to speak with you on the phone – would you please let me know what your hourly rate is so that I could prepay for her to speak with you.
Thanks so much – and a special thanks for your wonderful work and insights.
 

Michael,
Crossing the Creek was given to me and my family by name withheld  Hospice in ______, OH in caring for my mother. I found the material to be of enormous benefit to me in helping me to deal with the process and to help my mom through the end.
Thank you.
 

Hello,

I recently returned from Oregon where my mother was just "set up" on Hospice.  After working in the homecare business for over 22 years I found out how little I really knew until I read your book.  It was provided by her Hospice company called name withheld.

It is not that I am uneducated but when it's you, personally, living the experience, it is amazing how much I had forgotten.

Your book brought things into perspective, answered questions and provided me and my family with a peace about what is happening, why and we thank you.

I am currently a Vice President for Home Health (name withheld) responsible for the medical equipment division but we also have a Hospice program.  I was so impressed that I have sent a link to your site to both the VP of Clinical and the Director of Hospice.

Again Thanks,