Hannah’s Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived. Maria Housden

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      Hannah’s Gift

       Lessons from a Life Fully Lived

      MARIA HOUSDEN

Dedication

       I dedicate this book toWill, Hannah, Margaret, and Madelainewith gratitude and love.

       Epigraph

       …Walk slowly now, small soul, by the edge of the water. Choose carefully all you are going to lose, though any of it would do.

      —Jane Hirshfield

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue

Truth

Dr. Truth Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Denial

Silent Comfort

Perspective

Light in the Shadow

Just One Thing

Respect

Dr. Markoff’s Rule

Truth: A Special Medicine

Love in the Dark

Room for the Truth

A Mustard Seed

A Deeper Silence

Resilience

       The Scent of Home

       Beyond Fear

       Joy

       Hannah’s Birthday

       Anticipation

       No Worries

       The Unbirthday

       Drug Dealing at the Y

       Inhale

       Magic

       Secrets

       Christmas Presence

       Communion with Dr. Tomato-head

       Change of Mind, Change of Heart

       Savage Joy

       Nurse Katie and the Tea Party

       Joy in a Jeep

       Nothing Special

       Celebrate

       Faith

       Thy Will (and Mine) Be Done

       Say Yes

       Healing Service Hypocrite

       … And the Cow Jumped over the Moon

       Mother’s Day

       Waiting to Exhale

       Grandma’s Promise

       Circle of Life

       Metamorphosis

       On the Threshold

       Everywhere I Am, There You’ll Be

       Compassion

       As Real as It Gets

       Sorry She Asked

       The Bathroom Guilt Trip

       Stillness

       Silence