Helping during hospice: Being present is much more important than being busy

“Food is love,” my partner jokes as she unloads mountains of food from her latest trip to Costco. “I can’t help it! I’m Jewish!” she protests, when I wonder aloud how the two of us will ever manage to consume all that food.

As the lineups at superstores attest, for a great many people being able to prepare and serve meals is a vital way of showing love.

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