At the Eleventh Hour

by Stone, Susan Carol

• ISBN13: 9780963078452
• ISBN10: 0963078453
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Present Perfect Books

Summary

When Blanche Stone was diagnosed with bone cancer, her daughter Susan interrupted an unusual life -- in a Buddhist monastery -- to become a full-time caregiver. Readers of any faith, or none, will rejoice in the practical wisdom, the humor, and the moments of transcendence as a dying mother and her daughter share a house, figure out finances, celebrate holidays, deal with increasing physical pain and discomfort, accept support of the local hospice, and reach a deeper appreciation of each other as individuals. Weaving spiritual truths into the fabric of daily life, At the Eleventh Hour shows how the only way to address one's own needs along with the needs of a person facing death is by living one moment at a time. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

An Offering	11	(7)
Laughing Buddha	18	(3)
Finding Wisdom in Folding Laundry	21	(6)
We're a Team	27	(6)
Homecoming	33	(5)
Step by Step	38	(9)
Ode to Annie	47	(4)
Love at the Eleventh Hour	51	(7)
Hames and Bopeep	58	(5)
Birds of a Different Feather	63	(8)
Shoes and Jeans and Silver Hair and Not-So-Silly Things	71	(6)
The Bottom Line	77	(7)
A Mother Lode	84	(6)
Two More Years	90	(9)
Breaking New Ground	99	(7)
Passover at Last	106	(5)
Symbols and Beyond	111	(6)
What's in a Name?	117	(6)
Expecting Mother's Day	123	(6)
Their Tough Luck	129	(5)
Wild Strawberries and Good Times	134	(4)
Down the Road	138	(9)
Bad Car Karma	147	(6)
Catastrophizing	153	(6)
Not a Word	159	(4)
Neither Miracles nor Magic	163	(10)
To Turn or Not To Turn	173	(7)
The Twelfth Hour	180	(11)
Here	191
Acknowledgements