Because of Donna
All of us want to be remembered after we die. To provide a lasting legacy that will carry on well after we're gone.
As a hospice nurse in Edmond, OK, for 13 years, Donna Taylor, LPN, never forgot the patients she provided comfort for in their waning days of life. Her commitment to providing comfort to them and their families was evident even after her own diagnosis of cancer.
"We had a staff member here that was diagnosed with lung cancer," Leah Ann Wynn, Grace Living Center Social Services director, told the Edmond Sun. "And he had fallen away from the church. And she sat down with him. I'll never forget that night. But she stayed for 2-and-a-half hours with him, talked with him, brought him back and gave him peace. And he died about a month ago. And that was the one thing he said. He was ‘at peace because of Donna.'"
Eventually, Taylor needed hospice services herself. She died in July. Now the very room at Grace Living Center where Taylor died has been transformed into a place of solace for dying patients and family members, according to the Edmond Sun.
Taylor's children, friends and members of the Grace staff gathered recently to dedicate Donna's Place. Grace Living Center's owner Don Greiner named the room after Taylor after learning how it brought comfort to Taylor's family of six adult children and six grandchildren while preparing for Taylor's death.
It seems to be the fitting tribute to a nurse who provided solace for so many.
Donna Taylor's presence is still being felt by those who visit Donna's Place. Helping countless others find peace "because of Donna."