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Stories

Brave

By Stories
Naomi Faith, a 6 year old guest of Kimbilio Hospice, spent her last days fighting cancer within our love and care.  Her story was hard and her pain was horrific,...
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What is essential

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Charlene Chepchumba, a longtime guest of Kimbilio Hospice, has taught me a secret, as quoted by The Little Prince: “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;...
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Emmanuel

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As Jean Vanier writes, “the journey of life becomes meaningful through love.” There is a child at Kimbilio Hospice whose presence, day by day, whispers this truth to me. He...
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Rebecca

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A letter to my life.  This was the title that Rebecca, a lovely and broken 16 year old guest of Living Room, wrote to begin a composition about her life’s...
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Ryan

By Stories
Yesterday morning, seven brothers and sisters sat in a row on a wooden bench facing us. Several members of our Living Room team had traveled to a home in a...
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Chumba

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As I listen to the sounds of school children playing outside my window, I ponder this question posed by Gustavo Gutierrez: “How do we say to the poor: God loves you?”...
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Joyline

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The vision and prayer of Living Room has always been to create a place of refuge for all who enter our doors; and for little Joyline, nearly two years old,...
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