Thanks for sharing this with us, Charles.   I'm not sure if we are "friends" on Facebook, and don't frequent that site often. I'd be interested in reading the "unabbreviated tale" that Pat refers to. If it is ok with you, I'll pm you with my Facebook name and ask that you let me see it. (And maybe I already can but don't know how.)

This evening I was standing outside of the office where my private practice is located, looking at the Hospice that is across the street. I found myself wondering if it would be appropriate to offer to volunteer to go over and offer to do some soft and non-intrusive a cappella singing occasionally. I haven't been over to the facility, but am assuming they have a central foyer where the sound of my voice might simply drift up the stairs or down the corridors, and be easy to tune out. I don't play an instrument, but have a very low pitched voice that doesn't pierce at all.

My older sister took pleasure and comfort from my younger sister and I singing to her when she was dying. But she was my sister, and the three of us had sung together our whole lives.

I"m just not sure. It is clear that your offerings are greatly appreciated in the settings in which you have sung, but I understand that a Hospice setting might be a bit different. Any thoughts?