Everyone Has A Story To Tell

At the end of life, it is common for patients and families to think about times in the past. It’s part of who we are. Here’s a blog entry from Dennis Sparks, one of Arbor Hospice’s volunteers. Dennis encourages each of us to ask questions and document memories now, while you still can.

Humans are storytellers.

We seem hardwired to both create stories and to tune in to those of others.

Everyone has a story to tell, a story about the people and events that shaped their lives, about what they have observed and experienced in their lifetimes.

Through our stories, we demonstrate that we have had a lifetime that mattered and become immortal as the events and lessons of our lives are handed down through the generations.

Unfortunately, we too often only realize the importance of such stories when our elders are no longer with us. To prevent such regrets:

See the rest of this blog post on Arbor Hospice’s blog.