Category: Hospice

A New Kind of “Everywhere” — Purple Flower on My Nose

A New Kind of “Everywhere” — Purple Flower on My Nose

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Have you ever made tea for someone you were losing? Twenty-six days of home hospice. A lifetime of faith. One unforgettable mother.

 

Those of you who’ve followed Everywhere Hope and Everywhere Love know I write about finding God in the ordinary corners of life. This new book takes that same conviction into the hardest corner of all.
Purple Flower on My Nose is the true story of my mother Violet’s final twenty-six days, and the faith that carried our whole family through them. It’s not a devotional in the traditional sense — it’s a journal, unpolished and real — but it holds the same truth every Everywhere book has tried to tell: that
God shows up, even here. Especially here.
Coming October 2026: Purple Flower on My Nose

Coming October 2026: Purple Flower on My Nose

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Purple Flower on My Nose
A Memoir of Love, Laughter, and Letting Go

“Have you ever made tea for someone you were losing?”

I’m so happy to share that my next book, Purple Flower on My Nose: A Memoir of Love, Laughter, and Letting Go, will be released in October 2026 through Little Pencil Publishing.

“As a hospice nurse, I especially appreciated the honest portrayal of the uncertainty, tenderness, and emotional complexity that families experience while caring for a loved one at the end of life.”
— Audrey Arrowood, MSN, RN, CHPN

If you’d like a small glimpse into the story behind the book, I recently wrote about the days surrounding my mother’s passing on my Substack: The Sacred Heart, The Ascension, The Prayer of St. Francis.

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