Let it ride

SKANEATELES FALLS - Skaneateles resident Mike Hearn believes that Matthew House, an Auburn home for people who are terminally ill, provided him the “most beautiful experience of my life.”

When Hearn's mother was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor four years ago, he and his wife, Mary, began investigating hospice care options for his mother's final days. On a whim, Hearn said that he found a listing for Matthew House in the Yellow Pages, so the couple further investigated the facility.

In the end, Hearn's mother died peacefully there after a 10 week stay, and the experience was one that Hearn said will be forever meaningful.