Lloyd Drane has been many things in his 90 years of life: student, soldier, accountant and traveler. But none of his titles meant as much to him as that of private pilot. Years after Lloyd wrote the last entry in his flight log, he took one more trip down the runway through the Passages Hospice Dream Foundation

Art Black is a lifelong Chicago Bears fan. He’s quick to rattle off his list of favorite players – topped by Brian Urlacher – and he wears orange and blue proudly. Art was the guest of honor in a VIP viewing section at the Chicago Bears training camp, had an exclusive meet-and-greet session with the players and coaches and took home autographed Bears memorabilia.

We adopted our second PARO robot on February 16th. Her name is Dala, an Icelandic word meaning "brightness". Dala will live in Bloomington and serve our patients in the southern part of the state.

Lawrence has supernuclear palsey, a degenerative condition that made it difficult for him to talk and move. But even as a hospice patient, when "Sweet Emotion" or "Rag Doll" came on, he tapped his feet and nodded his head in time with the music. Ori knew that his days of "livin' on the edge" were past, but some dreams are just too big to give up on – like Ori’s dream of meeting his rock hero Steven Tyler. As his condition worsened, Ori knew his chance of meeting Tyler was growing slimmer. Even as he came to terms with his own death, he stayed loyal to his dream. His family had gathered around his bed, donning black Aerosmith t-shirts in solidarity with their rocker friend. Aerosmith’s greatest hits came from the CD player in the corner, and pictures of Ori at concerts were on the walls. Then the word came: Steven Tyler is calling – literally. In a flurry of movement and chatter, a computer was placed in front of Ori and Tyler’s face came into view via a Skype video call.