Stories Archives - The Hand to Heart Project

Stories as told by Executive Director, Steve Gordon or clients of Hand to Heart Project, whether they be the caregiver or the person with cancer.

A journalistic endeavor that explores all things involved with cancer – living with it, dying, caring for someone with it, etc.

Touch at the End of Life

July 25, 2018 // by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

Some years ago, I was trying to explain to my grandmother what I do for work. She knew that I was a massage therapist, but knew little about The Hand to Heart Project. So I told her about providing massage and the comfort of touch to people who are sick, in many cases people who …

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Poetry, and the Tree of Life

June 13, 2018 // by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

Some years ago, I recited a poem/blessing called “Beannacht” to a client who was going through an especially difficult part of her cancer experience. It was written by the late Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue, and it is, in part, a gently powerful summation of how the physical, emotional and spiritual pain of life’s …

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Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

May 2, 2018 // by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

I’ve always been a dog person, so it was a pleasant surprise after Hand to Heart was launched in 2007 that one of my favorite parts of doing in-home massage with our clients was getting to meet their dogs.

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Soul of a Caregiver

April 17, 2018 // by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

When you work closely with people who are very ill, often people nearing the end of life, you will sometimes see the human spirit at its most amazing.

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