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Remembering Angel Amy
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2017/07 - July
Susan Bauknight is an avid supporter of the Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina.
“I became active on the board in 2014 after seeing the wonderful possibilities that could be open to residents of our seven counties to provide dignity and complete palliative care at the end of their lives,” she says.
Bauknight, an artist and retired teacher, appreciates the depth that being a board member with HHFWNC has given her. In the last three years, her role has been in community awareness. She organized an After Hours for the business community in Highlands so that the foundation’s mission could be briefly explained. For several years, she worked on awareness with local churches and brochures were spread throughout the community. She also assisted in the discussions with groups in the Sky Valley and surrounding communities in Georgia.
Susan has a personal interest in having a hospice house in Macon County. Her daughter, Amy, died in 2016.
She wrote about Amy after an inspiring evening as a guest of The Highlands Writers Group: “My Angel Amy lives inside me now, as she did when I was carrying her fifty-one years ago. As then, I still communicate with her. In reality it is some ridiculously early hour of the morning. Because of her, I am writing on my iPad with a cup of lemon ginger tea. We always shared herbal tea at breakfast. She wouldn’t approve of doing anything but sleeping at this hour, so why am I awake?
“Angel Amy within me gave me a shove as I was trying to read before dozing off. Then it seemed so clear. Someone said, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ Amy could answer that, ‘Sure!’ Amy and I are of the caretaker variety. No one bleeds without us offering whatever. It may be our words of finding out how we can help, of letting folks know we care, that they aren’t alone. With Amy it was with a hug.”
For more information on how you can help support the Hospice House Foundation of Western North Carolina, visit at HHFWNC.org or call (828) 524-6375.
