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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Hues & Booze Party – An Evening of Hilarity and Discovered Talent

April 24, 2013

Private painting party for 10. Instructors teach paintings through an easy to follow step-by-step process.  These words attracted me to …

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April 17, 2013

Investigators dig up clues burned in bomb wreckage Young lives lost in Boston blasts In the world of acts, the …

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Ten Things I Will Not Think About in My Last Seconds of Life

April 10, 2013

 You may think writing down these ten things is bizarre. Well, the idea is not mine. It’s an exercise my …

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Nurse Turned Inpatient

April 3, 2013

If you live with a chronic illness, you know that nothing surprises you. You are used to new symptoms arising …

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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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