
Most people come to this subject without a map. They arrive in the middle of it — a diagnosis, a decline, a phone call that changes everything — and suddenly they need to make decisions they have never thought about, for someone they love more than they know how to say.
Nikki writes for that moment.
Her books are built from twenty years at the bedside of families doing exactly that — navigating hospice, caregiving, grief, and the conversations that nobody told them were coming. They are direct and practical because that is what people actually need when the days are hard and the questions are real. Not inspiration. A hand to hold and a next step to take.
She believes that families who have the conversation earlier live those final seasons differently. With less regret. With more presence. With the people they love knowing, clearly and without question, that their wishes were honored.
That is what the books are for.


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