https://www.connectingtodot.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-01-05 https://www.connectingtodot.com/blog/lessons-from-a-hospice-nurse-making-the-end-of-lifes-journey-easier monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://www.connectingtodot.com/blog/end-of-life-conversations monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://www.connectingtodot.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f7b6c852996177d6ad9f3/1616875142150-DVT2A04XHQG9T6DE2WSD/pexels-anna-shvets-5231282.jpg Home - Education usually helps to assuage fear. Take the time now to have a conversation with a knowledgable professional. Get all your questions answered and learn what resources are available to assist you when having the conversation with the person/people who will be carrying out your end of life wishes. It will help you - and ensure a thoughtful gift to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f7b6c852996177d6ad9f3/1616875230012-NJOUT2RWOFIOKFPY1VVR/iStock-535931641.jpg Home - Our lives are a journey. There is a beginning, a middle, and an end. Along the way, we prepare for everything, from the food we eat to the clothes we wear, the school we go to, the job we take, where we vacation, whether we marry or remain single, who gets our money and possessions … everything but how we want to die. https://www.connectingtodot.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f7b6c852996177d6ad9f3/1619378663684-RMMJM2CC5TJDZMUMWMTC/IMG_0711.jpg About Getting to know Dot Dot Mayorga, RN is a former hospice nurse with 27 years of nursing experience. Her 10 years of hospice nursing put her at the bedside of those at the end of life. She witnessed first-hand the fears, frustrations, anxiety and the joy, peace and beauty present at the end of life. The difference between the two scenarios was directly related to the willingness to talk about the hard stuff. Dot has also had experience in home health, wound care, nursing and rehab and medical surgical nursing. She is able to help clients gain a better understanding of their particular medical issue and help frame questions to ask their provider for better clarification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f7b6c852996177d6ad9f3/2ee67018-b113-4611-8874-ef5da6cdf551/Screenshot+2026-01-07+at+12.46.47%E2%80%AFPM.png About Getting to know Jo Jo Merrill is a retired Clinical Social Worker who is familiar with issues of death and dying. Having had two marriages end in cancer-related deaths, she offers her first-hand experience in the caretaker and widow roles and shares Dot’s passion for planning ahead. She illustrated her husband’s book of essays about the dying process, written in his last year of life, “Living into Darkness and Finding Light”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/605f7b6c852996177d6ad9f3/1616874725000-FBK1VU7NEHQVL0DCBWX0/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3768131.jpg About https://www.connectingtodot.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-01-23 https://www.connectingtodot.com/planning daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://www.connectingtodot.com/schedule daily 0.75 2026-01-23