Our Stories

Tyler Wheaton, 41, spent about a month in the Everett Gospel Mission’s acute respite care recovery center. Providence partners with shelter to provide medical aid in a safe place for people who are homeless.

Kids are the most courageous of grievers, uninhibitedly using their imagination to process their losses. For this young boy, his imagination helped him to acknowledge his capacity to grow, new, even in the midst of his worst pain.

Alex was just 76 years old when she died. She had Alzheimer’s. She worked for over 30 years as a teacher. She was also a talented artist. Alex was funny, well-educated, and very involved with everything she undertook.

Words truly cannot express my sincere gratitude for all the monetary support given to our Foundation to help make an impact in the lives of our patients.

Erin believed that no matter how difficult life with cancer was, it was filled with infinite goodness and reasons to be grateful. During her illness, she had a heightened sense of beauty and clarity and was open to the ways that God let her know that He was with her. 

So there‘s this thing called grief. You’ve probably heard of it. You probably wish you hadn’t heard of it. It is scary and unfamiliar. It comes when we least expect it and leaves us in the dark. 

A child embraced life, even in the final stage.  This 5-year-old girl had a knack for making others laugh in the face of an inoperable brain tumor.

Jeanne Metzger’s Herald career was start of a lasting legacy. Longtime editor, who has died at 89, became a force for hospice care and community philanthropy.