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    • Chapter 3 – Shift Work
    • Chapter 4 – Rotten Potatoes
    • 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
    • Chapter 13 – Liverwurst
    • Chapter 14 – Oscar Mayer Weiner
    • Chapter 15 – Cogito Ergo Sum
    • Chapter 16 – First Shots
    • Chapter 17 – Nothing Physical
    • Chapter 18 – Fancy Title
    • Chapter 19 – No Surprises, Be Legal
    • Chapter 20 – Sister Mary Holy Water
    • Chapter 21 – Getting Organized
    • Chapter 22 – Sadie Tomczyk
    • Chapter 23 — Going Back
    • Chapter 24 — Things I Tried
    • Chapter 25 — Storms of Illness
    • Chapter 26 — Cancer
    • Chapter 27 — Trusting God
    • Chapter 28 — On My Way
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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Nurse Heal Thyself

June 29, 2011

In 2000, the summer after I retired from teaching nursing, I took my first writing course. It was with Carol …

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Surviving as a Working Mom

June 23, 2011

As a retired nurse promoting a career memoir, people have asked how I did it all—raise kids, get a PhD, …

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1925 Virtual Newstand

June 20, 2011

Do you have any magazines in your attic that date back to the summer of 1925? If so, I’ve stumbled …

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Thornton Quarry – Illinois

June 18, 2011

If you don’t mind waiting 3-4 years to tour the Thornton Quarry, this is an outing for you. When you’re …

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Fire Safety — A Nurse Grandma’s Scare

June 15, 2011

The next time you’re moaning about having to attend a mandatory fire safety program, interrupting your day, at your workplace, …

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2011 Printers Row Lit Fest

June 8, 2011

If you’re a reader and/or a writer, you would love the free, two-day Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest literary …

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Audio Post – Caring Lessons – Chapter 2

June 6, 2011

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(For personal contact or to purchase my nursing career memoir, Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self, you may write me at caringlessons@gmail.com. All proceeds go to the Trinity Alumni Nursing Association at Trinity Christian College.)

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