Birds Hold Our Secrets (e-Book)

A Caritas Story of Grief and Remembering Anna Biley, DCS October 2019, Lotus Library e-Book. Drawing on her many years as a nurse, mother and wife, Biley tenderly takes us on an auto-ethnographic journey of conscious dying as she supports her beloved nurse academic husband, Fran. Diagnosed with cancer, Fran’s wish was to die mindfully – whatever the circumstances. Anna travels alongside whilst trying to balance normality in family life. Painfully tender, Anna offers an insight in what it’s like to consciously care for a loved one the way they wish to die – honoring the sacred covenant until the end. Biley skillfully guides the reader on a Caritas pilgrimage as she lives out Caring Science principles, digging deep to remember her life’s purpose, which resonates for us all. This is a beautiful, auto-ethnographic book that weaves Watson's Caring Science within grief, conscious dying, nursing, motherhood and relationships. “Biley’s exposé of grief, love, and remembering purpose transcends