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Liv Fun
by Leisure Care
Summer 2015
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The Hero Within
by Deborah Grassman
“I could never do what you do!” I hear this often, when people learn I am a hospice nurse practitioner at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Isn’t it depressing?” usually follows. I used to think the same way. No one told me I could find peace, joy and fulfillment in caring for people at the end of their lives.
Over the Edge
by Pam Mandel
Here are the things I was afraid of: The height. The heat. Holding everyone else up. Getting all the way down, and not being strong enough to make the trip back up. The way I’d feel the next day if I made my body do things it was not up for. So I didn’t go. I stayed behind with the guy with the new knee.
Leaving It All Behind
by Sue Peterson, CFA
As a wealth advisor, I understand how deeply rooted our personhood can be in proof of financial success. Yet as we age, one of the most courageous acts we can take is to begin intentionally reducing the size of our estate and prepare for that time when you leave it all behind.