Film: Holding our Own: Reclaiming the End of Life
This film will be shown Sunday, April 26 at 3 PM at New Bedford Meetinghouse on Spring Street. It is about a Hospice Choir that sings for the dying and their families. "It awakens both heart and mind to the transformative gifts found at the end of life".
Members of the hospice choir said: We've noticed that often the breathing of people in the final stages of dying calms down and becomes less ragged while we're singing to them. During the songs, the families also rest a bit. One man's wife and grandson lay with him on the bed while we sang. Another sat up with a daughter on each side, holding his hands. Music fills the room and it's a communal experience for which they don't have to expend any energy, nor pay any fee.