Musical Tales at Hospice: 2012

Welcome!

Welcome to my new Blog! It is called "Musical Tales at Hospice" because that is what I do - create a musical "tale" at our local Hospice center, called Solace, by improvising a song on my flute. I visit each patient, "tune" into their spirit and energy, and then let that spirit express itself through my flute. It is THEIR song, coming from THEIR spirit, unique to each patient. I never know what the tune will be...I just allow it to flow.

I have been offering this service for almost 2 years inspired by the passing of a neighbor who enjoyed hospice musicians at the end of his life. Through this service, I have enjoyed bringing comfort, joy, and peace to those precious souls who are close to making their transitions. The purpose of this blog is to share some of these heart warming experiences, so that families and patients can know that this "end of life" can be beautiful and peaceful, and not something to be feared.

Monday, March 5, 2012

My Divine Appointment

Today was a special day. I entered the room of a patient in "end of life care", full of family members. Yes, they wanted me to play and a beautiful tune, channeled from this patient came through. His wife commented about how he loved "classical music" so next I played the tune from Dvorak's "New World Symphony", which has also been turned into a religious song called "Coming Home". They loved it and I moved on to my other rooms. Five minutes later, that patient's daughter found me to tell me he had passed! I hope that the music "Coming Home" helped him to do exactly that - return home. I then was honored to play "Amazing Grace" for the whole family, which seemed to comfort them. I truly believe I was there at that time...by divine appointment. I feel blessed.