THE LAST STOP (A Hospice Story)
An all too familiar sight; the red fire department ambulance approaching, coming to a stop in front of HopeWest, our local hospice care center. I’ve seen it many times before; a loved one taken out of the back of the ambulance on a stretcher, face to the sky, eyes closed. They are carefully and lovingly wheeled into the entrance of the building, family at their side; a one-way journey - their "Last Stop." No one could have ever prepared me for my Mom’s last stop three years a