Erie “Chip” Chapman
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Autumn Days: 314-315
This Blessing Becomes Empty As It Goes This Blessingkeeps nothingfor itself.You can find itby following the pathof what it has let go,of what it has learnedit can live without. Say this blessing out louda few timesand you will hearthe… Continue reading
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Secret Angels of our Destiny – Days 309-313
Can the dead deliver love that enables them “to become secret angels guiding and sheltering the unfolding of our destiny”? Continue reading
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In Honor of Caregivers: National Home Care & Hospice Month
Please Note: This narrative was written by a former colleague, Brian Beichner RN and it reflects the sacredness of our work. Perhaps, you will recollect this story, however it is so beautiful that I invite you to enter into this… Continue reading
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Halloween 1943: Nurturing, not Nightmares (Days 302-306)
At birth, we are skin-to-skin with life. Are you what you have “done” since your birth? What about spirit-to-spirit? Continue reading
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National Home Care, Hospice and Palliative Care Month Days 300-301
Erie Chapman has worked tirelessly throughout his distinguished career nurturing cultures of RLC and through his visionary leadership has helped shape and transform the landscape of health care. He has long been a great supporter and advocate of hospice care… Continue reading
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“Oh, Erie!” – Days 296-299
“Too often, I hear a voice shouting at me and realize it is my own.” Continue reading
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The Power of One Smile Days 293-294
This is one of my all-time favorite images of my grandson Cyrus. The sincerity of his thoughtfulness to pick dandelions and present them to me was such a sweet gesture that warms my heart to this day. For me, it… Continue reading
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Entering Another: one of “Ten Poems to Change Your Life” – Days 288-292
Although the following poem is by a 10th century Christian mystic, I offer it as a commentary on how any of us might enter the being of another. Continue reading
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With Hearts Broken Days 286-287
With Hearts Broken Spirit of Life, Source of all,to this beautiful placeto this hallowed timeand in the midst of this kindred companywe bring hearts broken yet again by senseless violence. This morning our thoughts are withall those in Israel, Palestine… Continue reading
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Relics: Letters to the Future – Days 281-285
How do objects become sacred relics? Continue reading
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