by Anne Beaver | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Fabiola Jean-Charles, Transitions & AmeriCorps Program Manager Caregivers have one of the hardest roles a person can fill, so Transitions, BBH’s pre-hospice program, recently showed their caregivers how much they are recognized, appreciated,...
by Anne Beaver | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Lisa Baggett, BBH Professional Relations Liaison Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful.” When my grandmother became a widow, she moved from Jacksonville to Signal Mountain to be near her daughter. The...
by Anne Beaver | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog
Contributed by Fabiola Jean-Charles “How do you celebrate life?” I asked Ms. Still, a caregiver of one of our Transitions clients. Ms. Still is 80, a cancer survivor, and has been caring for her spouse for over a decade. She has been married to her husband...
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...
