What is it about?
This personal reflection is a story about heritage. As Myron Madden put it heritage is about claiming the intangible gifts both good and bad passed on from one generation to the next. In this story I remember those good and bad traits my grandmother passed on to me. It is also a story about the importance of taking time to say good-bye.
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Why is it important?
This story reflects the importance of grieving and of claiming one's individuality by accepting all-good and bad-that our ancestors leave to us.
Perspectives
In the story I visit my grandmother who is living out the final stages of Alzheimer's in a nursing home. She cannot speak except for her moans and groans, but I come to say good-bye to in a one-way conversation her remembering the times we shared together.
Dr Joseph Baroody
Baroody Pastoral Counseling
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This page is a summary of: The Dresser, Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications, September 2009, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/154230500906300315.
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