Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 22 : Fall 2014 | Page 61

Introduction: As we journey through life we leave our
footprints. These footprints are the impressions we make
on individuals and also represent accomplishments in life.
Perhaps the most significant footprints are the memories
we share with family---memories that will live on long
after we are gone. Some of the most sensitive, delicate
and precious memories are those that are shared with a
family member or a good friend that is facing their endof-life journey. This is when it is so important to make
the moments count.

article today to share with you that the quality of this
journey can be enhanced for your loved one in a homelike
environment with comfort, caring, and compassion
provided in a hospice home such as the AROOSTOOK
‘House of Comfort’.

History: The dream of a hospice home in Aroostook
County began in the hospital room of Maxine Duncan, a
Presque Isle woman who was losing her 9 year battle with
breast cancer. Although she received good care, a thought
lingered by some as to whether there was a better option for
Many people find the end-of-life journey difficult to families traveling the end-of-life journey. It was here that
talk about because it brings thoughts of finality; even if discussions began by family members and some hospice
one’s spiritual belief is that the soul lives forever, it is still experts as to how they could help others through this very
a separation from life as we know it. I am writing this difficult journey. Maxine’s son and daughter-in-law, Rick