To date, it has not been used to ascertain the priorities of patients and families who have experienced or are in the midst of experiencing an illness.
Some people, in the midst of experiencing the trauma of almost losing a family member, might accuse her or him of being selfish, for not thinking about how their actions would impact those around them.
Although, of course I loved them from the beginning, it's the most difficult times with them that I know I am in the midst of experiencing true love.
In the midst of this experience, we do things we would not necessarily do in a different setting.
It wasn't until I stopped posting that I realized just how often throughout the day, while in the midst of an experience, I was already formulating how I would describe it to my Facebook friends in a concise and witty comment.
For example some people were still in the midst of personal experience, either due to illness or other factors that limited their ability to be reflective or to encourage reflection in others.
Many women in our midst have recently experienced a miscarriage, have given birth to a still-born baby, experienced an unsuccessful adoption attempt, given up a child for adoption or have lost a child because of death.
Atwood's photos which won the inaugural W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, in 1980 often capture children in the midst of sensory experiences: a boy tilts his head back to catch the reflection of light through a closed window; a boy and a girl in band uniforms grasp sets of handbells; a group of children crowd around to finger the fur of a taxidermied cat.
The peace of God doesn't annihilate suffering, it simply walks with us through the midst of our experiences.
"The bottom line is that even with baby boxes I contend that you will still have babies put in trash cans and put out in the cold because the parent is in the midst of an overwhelming experience, full of fear and anxiety," she said.
