Hospice & Palliative Care of the Piedmont is starting a monthly post from our medical director, Nancy Hart Wicker, MD.

Dr. Wicker (Nancy Hart Wicker) is a hospice and palliative care physician whose life experiences provide a unique perspective. She is a wife to a Star Wars super-fan and mother to two beautiful, young girls. She enjoys writing about faith, medicine, family, Down syndrome, and adoption. She tries to follow Jesus in all that she does and fights hard for the underdog. She is introverted but loves community and makes time for dinner with friends, reading a good book, and watching bad reality TV.

Photo credit: Hali Winter photography

Willow has started saying our prayers before dinner sometimes.
This evening her prayer was:
Dear God,
Thank you for:
Bowl, rice, spoon, cup, Rey
Bowl, rice, spoon, cup, Mama
Bowl, rice, spoon, cup, Daddy
Amen.
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She just thanks God for all of the things that she sees. I’m not sure how much she understands about God or prayer, but I cannot help but feel there is a lesson for us all in there somewhere.
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The other day, I was seeing a patient. I asked him how he was doing. “Wonderful,” he said. “You are my doctor, and these nurses are taking such good care of me. I have a wonderful family. I am so blessed, doctor.” He could’ve said, “I am sick. I cannot do the things I used to be able to do, and I don’t have long to live.” That would’ve all been a true and acceptable answer. Instead, though, he chose to be grateful. What struck me the most was how natural it seemed. My guess is that he has been practicing gratitude all of his life.
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How are you practicing gratitude in your life?
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“I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” Psalms 9:1

cross posted @ https://www.facebook.com/notes/hospicecare-of-the-piedmont/gratitude/10162840001775305/