U of Chicago – Degree and Certificate Program Convocation Ceremony – 2013
The only thing I know is that I don’t know. A thought attributed to Plato or Socrates (From my notes …
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Calvin College 50-year Reunion Celebration 2013
“I’m at peace,” I heard a woman say. My husband and I were attending Calvin’s 50th reunion last weekend when …
Nurses Week – 2013 – Honor the Nurses You Know
Nurse Turned Inpatient
If you live with a chronic illness, you know that nothing surprises you. You are used to new symptoms arising …
Tidbits for Writers from the 10th Annual Creative Chicago Expo
Creative. I love the sound of this word. As a child in the forties and fifties, I don’t think I …
Patient Activation – Nostalgia for Dorothea Orem!
Last week I read an article about “patient activation” with some amusement. Activation sounded like batteries. Did patients need a …
Unwelcome Itchy Visitors
I wish I had something more soothing to write for you today. But last Monday, after a three-day hissy fit …
Nurse Shares Her Experience of Dying
As she lay dying from pancreatic cancer, Nurse Martha Keochareon wanted to do more than plan her funeral. So she …
Aging Gracefully at Seventy
When I first read Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in 1970, I cried with relief. Friedan had interviewed suburban housewives …
Seventy: A Major Milestone for Women?
As quoted in an Atlantic article (12/2/12), psychological researcher Ellen Cole says, “Seventy is a major milestone for women—a wake …
