Wish Stories | The Living Wish Foundation

Meeting My Hero!

Wes had an ultimate desire to connect with his football hero. In sport, courage, determination and leadership are qualities that hold...

Sunshine and Blue Skies...

Our goal is to ensure every palliative patient will receive one last wish. Paul’s goal was to get outside into the sunshine, to feel the...

A "Day At The Spa"

A simple wish to be pampered one more time... A visit with a skilled and compassionate reflexologist providing our patient with a...

Peace, comfort, and family connection...

Being connected to family at the end of life gives us a sense of belonging and unity. A request to close the gap of distance, to aid in...

How's Your Golf Swing?

His smile radiated through the room, love of the sport apparent as he shared stories of past friendship with Arnold, Gary, and Jack. ...

Breaking Bread...

Inspiring and unifying people - that is exactly the end result of our most recent wish. Loss of a most precious sense did not stop B from...

Wee Wheaton

Science has proven the amygdala (a portion of the brain) fires more actively when looking at positive images than negative ones. That is...

Book of Life...

When you are blessed to be the recipient of story telling, you listen. You listen to the recounted milestones that have been perfectly...

Team Shirley

McCarthy ward, surgical ward, R.P.N., R.N., Mom, wife, friend, colleague, they all fit our lovely S.G. Shirley was blessed with talent...

Staying Connected...

Thanks to the generosity of StoneTree Naturopathic Clinic, isolated patients are able to connect, share some quality time, and even say...

The Here and Now...

We are simply who we are in the here and now! A favorite quote chosen by our patient before her “Living Celebration of Life” Thank you...

One Last Day at Home...

My Mother, Oh she loved to walk the beach, My Mother, Oh she loved to play guitar, My Mother, Oh, Could she play cards! Words of...

Life's a beach!

The power of water and the joy it brings, was an immersed experience for a very special recipient on Tuesday as Wasaga Beach became the...

Man's Best Friend

A common phrase about domestic dogs, referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty and companionship with humans....

A dog is for life.

Priorities change when you are actively dying. There was no thing more important to Mr. K than finding his beloved Gracie a forever home....

Isolation

Cribbage, to share an experience that reveals depth of strategy, tactics, and psychology. These were the sentiments of our patient...

A Very Special Anniversary.

For Mr. L, life became complicated by his failing health. Realizing he may not be alive in a matter of months, he shared his dying wish...

A Day at the Beach

Penny wanted to spend one last summer at the beach with her family. When Penny decided to move from the family home to hospice, her...

Standing Room Only...

Jill celebrated her life with Standing Room Only. She attended and directed her own Celebration of Life. Jill’s core belief that...

Haliburton Forest

Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, described as troops and packs, all aim to reach personal summits. A long time dedicated Cub Scout leader...

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