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northwoods scrapbook northwoods scrapbook sharing a love for my faith family cooking gardening paper crafting and hospice work from my cozy home on a bay in the northwoods pages home recipes scrapbooking crafts about me wednesday may 13 2026 wednesday wonder hospice moments hi there friends i hope this week has been wonderful to you so far today i thought i would share some thoughts related to the hospice work that i do i think it s a gentle kind of work that doesn t get talked about much at least not in everyday conversation sometimes i think it s difficult for folks to think about the fact that there is a cycle to our lives and it ends in the same place for us all i have been doing hospice work for almost 9 years now and i think it has gently changed me through the years it has taught me that the smallest things a familiar song a favorite blanket a warm hand and even a whispered prayer can become the most meaningful gifts we give one another i m not sharing this to make your hearts heavy but to remind all of us that even in life s final chapters there is still so much love to be held i thought i would share a few photos i took when i was up at the hospice house the other day there is a commercial kitchen behind closed doors but there is also a community kitchen for families to use it has all the amenities most folks would need right down to slow cookers sometimes when folks pass away their family gives the facility flowers they received so there is often pretty fresh flowers displayed around one of the roles i have helped take on over the years is scrapbooking obituaries of patients that passed that had stayed at the hospice house you can see some of the albums on the shelf in the background in this photo below when i make a scrapbooked page of an obit i like to pray over that person and their family that is left behind when i work on these albums i often think of it as a gift i like to give them that their story mattered and i m helping to keep it safe in the community kitchen and dining area there is always a coffee pot on or the items to make a fresh pot of coffee as needed and there is also hot water for tea or cocoa as well as cookies that are also baked by volunteers another role i have helped with at times i have also held and lotioned hands said prayers with family or on my own over patients and mainly just been an ear when a patient or family just needs to vent or wants to share some volunteers also give of their time by playing music for the facility i love this corner in a living room at the house with the beautiful piano pretty old clock and light streaming in the windows the nurses that work at the hospice house are absolute angels in my book they do amazing and loving work to help ease a patient s pain concerns and to help with comfort while they stay there as well as their family s comfort as well it is an honor to be a part of this environment and i feel that the hospice house is like sacred ground it is something i have felt called to do and next to being a mom i think it s some of the most important work i do in this world thank you for letting me take a moment to share my passion and to say this if you have ever thought about giving of your time in any special volunteer capacity do it you will never regret it and the ways your life will be blessed is too rich to put into words i have a busy few days ahead so if i don t pop in again this week have a wonderful weekend and i ll catch you next week xoxo at may 13 2026 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels calling compassion god s goodness hospice work love sacred volunteering wednesday wonder monday may 11 2026 happy homemaker monday hello dear friends of my heart first of all i need to sing out happy birthday to you to my sweet annie boo i can t believe this little pumpkin the baby of our family is 20 years old today please hold me i need time to slow down but i m so proud of this young amazing woman and all that she is working towards i m especially proud of the wonderful kind smart sweet genuine human she has become i pray god s blessings over her everyday did you have a good weekend friends did you celebrate mother s day we had a multiple celebration here this weekend we had my kiddos over and jill my son s partner annie s bf is in fl and my mom and step dad over we celebrated annie s birthday and my step dad s birthday his is the 13th and mother s day matt bbq d burgers and i made sides and the cake annie requested so we had cake and ice cream as well it was so wonderful having the kiddos around all weekend to play games and visit and catch up on their lives and to honor my mom step dad too and of course i m so happy my annie is home for the summer i had a lovely mother s day too and felt so loved and spoiled matt and the kids gave me the most beautiful and touching cards they always make me cry and gifts and the sun came out later in the day and we sat out on the deck and soaked it up and just a little after we came back in the house some baby bears were running around in our back yard pics below it was a great weekend as we also went out to dinner one night with annie went to church saturday evening and then the wonderful family time it doesn t get better and now it looks like warm weather is finally going to be in our forecast and i can feel summer in the air life is good the weather outside is on the breakfast plate this morning iced protein coffee on my to do list this week spectrum here again as still having some modem or cable lines issues hospice meeting for education updates folks coming to give estimates for bathroom reno we are going to do hang out with my annie errands hospice work thinking about how close it s getting to where i can go pick out flowers and what i want to plant in my little veggie garden yay things that make me happy when my daughter likes to pamper me like she did this weekend when she did a gel polish job on my nails with a curing light they turned out so cute and she used a little tool to make those little summer oranges currently reading i received a fun romance book for mother s day from aaron s sweet jill and i m excited to dive into that next but in between i ve been reading the waiting place by eileen button as well i just read a chapter a day as almost extra devotional time it s a group of essays and it s great food for thought and uplifting on the tv today jeopardy old seasons of big brother the office survivor outlander ghosts love on the spectrum need to finish it matt and i need to go back and finish the last kingdom series on the menu this week monday leftovers spending part of the day with annie but she s doing her bday tonight with her dad tuesday cardamom french toast annie fave and fruit bacon wednesday pasta garlic bread salad another annie fave thursday maybe leftovers friday out for dinner to relax this week i will read in the sun hang with annie craft tips or something to share this is the company that i was talking about when i shared that i had matt s wedding ring made with materials i picked out his was made with koa wood sacred to hawaii a place matt loves so much and fishing line and gold to match my ring the company started because a husband and wife started it after they did something unique for his wedding band to represent his likes and they got so many comments from people they knew they were on to something so they decided to start their own company so others could have what they wanted too you could have car parts typewriter parts deer antler almost anything you can think of that would represent your partner you can pick they have women s rings too and standard designs not just men s and you can pick the metal materials too from the camera scenes from a family celebration there isn t pics of my son because he doesn t always cooperate about them lol my kids always pick out what cake they want me to make annie picked a homemade lime cake i used real lime juice and zest so i added a little food coloring to make it more green and homemade strawberry buttercream icing it turned out really well and everyone loved it it was really tasty i m always so happy when it turns out lol i had found a hello twenty sign in rose gold and planned the cake decorations around it annie collects sonny angel figures and i put a birthday one on the cake and a gold 20 along with spring flowers and butterflies she told me she loved it so much and was the prettiest cake ever so i know i did my job well cake and vanilla bean ice cream does it get better i hope all of her wishes come true and then some baby bears came and played on our hill i had just been saying to matt that i was surprised we hadn t seen bear visitors yet lol prayer list for an end to the conflicts all over the world and anyone living in war fear especially everything going on in the middle east right now for peace and unity in this country especially from hate and shootings or violence for anyone sick suffering in pain fear loneliness etc that god bring them comfort and peace for healing for matt s knee for my in law s safe travels as they head to the lake from az for the lord s love and peace to fill 2026 ️ for christ s light and love to cast out the darkness everywhere and help the world find its way to loving our neighbors as ourselves