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To Support terminally ill patients, SmudgeArt Card Shop at Greeting Card Universe announces a new collection of cards for patients in hospice care.
Terminally ill patients now have the option of words and sentiments to say a “final good-bye” within an easy to find greeting card.
Inspired by a discussion some months before with friends concerning the lack of such cards during the time that a loved one was dying, Madeline M Allen / SmudgeArt Card Shop’s owner, Poet and Graphic Artist began to create the artwork that would be used for the cards in early January 2013.
After thinking out the commitment to this, Madeline sent an email to Mindy Rosso, Administrator Community Manager at Greeting Card Universe asking her thoughts on this idea.
She received a reply from Mindy saying, “She was excited with the news and it was perfect timing.” Mindy enclosed a linked article that she had received; it was a plea from Regina Holliday, who publicly petitioned Hallmark to create a...