How it all Started

It all started when I 17 years young, when I knew something wasn’t right with my grandma. It was the middle of January and I had gotten a call from my grandpa saying that my grandma wasn’t breathing. I got on my bike and biked through the winter night to their place. A about a week prior I had taken a CPR course at school, so I immediately started to perform CPR on my grandma, but it was already to late. I was in charge of then calling the coroner and the processes to follow at their house. My grandma’s funeral was my first ever funeral.

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13 years ago, my dad passed away and it was the turning point where my life changed and I discovered my calling in life. I saw my dad two days before he passed away suddenly of an aortic aneurism. I was devastated that I could not be there to hold is hand. I did not have any closure. My dad wanted to be cremated, but at this point in time I was terrified of cremation.

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 Around this same time, I had “seen” my grandma and I started to take a more spiritual approach to life. This is where I started my journey life coaching and became a Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration affiliate. At this time, I was staying with a mentor of mine who had an inoperable brain tumor for 3 months. I also stayed with another friend to had bone cancer as well and was there the day she passed. At this time, I had 3 people in my life pass away with in 3 months of each other.

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Following this I knew I had to do something more. I started to volunteer at Gundersen in the end of life and hospice unit. I have continued to grow my knowledge about the end of life and got certified as an end of life doula. I really feel that I am where I am called to be; advocating for hospice and palliative care and working through forgiveness issues along with being present in your life and making sure no one dies alone.