by Anne Beaver | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Wendy Morgan In memory of my mother, Jill Fletcher Pelaez. 4/24/1924 – 7/2/2012 Everything was in place. The tiny kitten played on my mother’s lap as the photographer snapped several pictures of my mother in her favorite bright green dress....
by Anne Beaver | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Liz Dameron, Big Bend Hospice Volunteer After teaching mathematics for 40 years (5th grade – college), I retired at the end of September 2015. Since then, I have enjoyed each day of my retirement. There are so many ways that I enjoy celebrating life. In...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Charles Hyde, Big Bend Hospice Social Worker Prior to moving to Tallahassee in 2018, I worked for several years at a large, corporate hospice located in a metropolitan area with over 30 hospice providers, the vast majority of which were for-profit...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Lisa Baggett, Big Bend Hospice Professional Relations Liaison At Big Bend Hospice, we understand that life is precious. Our organization celebrates the lives of our patients and families who entrust us with their care every single day. We thought it...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog
Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you as well as can be under the current circumstances. I wanted to share with you that I am a volunteer for Big Bend Hospice. I have been told by the staff that many volunteers understandably had to pull back from serving. It’s...
by Anne Beaver | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog
I hope this note finds you well. I am a volunteer for Big Bend Hospice and wanted to share how volunteering for Big Bend Hospice has been an incredibly rewarding and safe experience during a pandemic. While I had reservations at first about becoming a volunteer during...
