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    • Chapter 5 – Running Away
    • Chapter 6 – Time-out
    • Chapter 7 – Finding a Friend
    • Chapter 8 – Diploma Mentality
    • Chapter 9 – Breaking the Mold
    • Chapter 10 – Bluffing It
    • Chapter 11 – Meeting Sadie
    • Chapter 12 – Cleaning House
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    • Chapter 14 – Oscar Mayer Weiner
    • Chapter 15 – Cogito Ergo Sum
    • Chapter 16 – First Shots
    • Chapter 17 – Nothing Physical
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    • Chapter 19 – No Surprises, Be Legal
    • Chapter 20 – Sister Mary Holy Water
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    • Chapter 28 — On My Way
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Lois Roelofs

~ from teaching nursing to writing memoir (in Chicago), author of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #8 – Giveaway Copies

March 31, 2012

Are you an empty nester? Are you trying to lose weight? These are just a few of the fun things …

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An Update on Skipping Sugar

December 26, 2011

Well.  A few of you have held me accountable this past week by asking how the no sugar deal is …

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Lose Weight Over Christmas?

December 19, 2011

Walking past a Fannie May shop this morning, I remembered those days when Pixies™, eggnog creams, and chocolate covered cherries …

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Caring Lessons / Radio Interview, Part 2

December 14, 2011

I think I caught the infection I mentioned on my 11/29 blog post on this same topic. If so, that …

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