U.S.A. Tour 2017 | Liz Rothschild - Full Circle Productions

Old Brown Earth

My twin brother and I learned, “To My Old Brown Earth,” by Pete Seeger in our senior year of high

You Are Dying

I was caring for a patient who was very close to the end of life. He was in and out

Death Doula

I work as a home hospice nurse and people always respond when they hear this is what I do with,

The Picnic Table

My cousin, who had no siblings, invited all his cousins from all over the country to a service for his

A Wonderful Nurse

While in nursing school during the summer of 2005, I worked as a “Nurse Extern” which was really a glorified

A Few Words

My Father died at 61 – a complete shock to us all. We helped my Mom with the decisions and

Hundred and One

My one-hundred-and-one year old Grandfather died last Spring, less that one week after my ninety-seven year old Grandmother, and about

A Good Game

Mom had just told her friend, “we play a good game of golf and we’ve a nice friendship,” then she

Sea and Sky

When I was about five and in nursery school my uncle would visit us about once a week. My Mom

End of Life

As a hospice Nurse I cared for a multi-generational family. Grandma had been in the hospital with two daughters and

Why Shed Tears

When I was little I witnessed my first human death at the age of six. I was in kindergarten and

A Trip Together

I had always wished my mother and I could have taken a trip together, found a way to share an

With Laughter

Growing up I had a real bleak outlook on death. I didn’t like the idea of being cremated…. it seemed

Jar of Glitter

When I was about four years old my teacher died. She was buried near our school and a tree was

Mexico

My friend Heidi Brandt, an artist and pace activist from the U.S. who lived in Mexico, died quickly of Leukaemia

The Box

One summer when I was in College I worked at the Post Office, delivering mail. One day I had a

Stories from: U.S.A. Tour 2017