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What It's Like

The Christmas season can't buffer us from death, illness and spiritual reckoning. Yet, dark moments can come with unexpected gifts. Wency Leung unearths tales of healing over the holidays

Lynn Scurfield for The Globe and Mail

Lynn Scurfield for The Globe and Mail

What it's like … to be a hospital Santa

Lynn Scurfield for The Globe and Mail

What it's like … to watch a dog help save your sick child

Lynn Scurfield for The Globe and Mail

What it's like … to assist a roadside birth

What it's like … to be on the answering end of a helpline

Lynn Scurfield for The Globe and Mail

What it's like … to provide health care near the North Pole

Lynn Scurfield for The Globe and Mail