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Nurses Supporting Nurses – Again
I've heard this phrase before when I've been promoting Caring Lessons, but I had another special occasion to hear it last Saturday night. I was sitting with my books at the registration table of a holiday party for nurses. Members and guests of District 20 of the Illinois Nurses Association. In the mid-nineties I was …
Fun endorsement from a former nursing student!
Hey Lois! Got your book in the mail yesterday and I can't put it down! I haven't heard your voice in 18 years, but as I read this book I hear it like I'm 20 years old again sitting in your class at TCC. I've missed your wisdom, your stories and your integrity more than …
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Meet Krystyna-hairdresser, salesperson, friend!
"You need a hairdresser?" a friend asked me one wintry day over a cozy lunch when I was complaining that mine had run off to Europe. "I have the best," she said. "My memory is short, so when you get home, e-mail me, and I'll give you her phone number." Now, that "best" hairdresser has …
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Apples, friends, and book launches…
After yet a few more fun book launching events--a read at the Palos Heights Library and a book table at a conference sponsored by the Park Forest Nurses Club, I took a break with my husband for a road trip west. The fall color changes were almost complete, but the rolling hills of newly harvested …
“Caring Lessons” Book Launch Party
"That is great that you thought of having a book launch party, Lois," a newly published author friend of mine told me recently. "I wish I would have thought of it. And now it's too late." I sort of always knew that if I ever got my book published, I would have to do something …
Imagine having 65 friends for lunch–
imagine the laughter, conversation, and, in some cases, tears. Now imagine that all your guests are nurses like you are. And that you all have similar experiences in common. Do you feel a bond coming on? A rope irresistibly looping you together? One that you're hesitant to ever sever again? That's what it was like …
The “Tip” of Fall at Millennium Park
After a very fun week of book-related activities, I took a breather and marveled at the brilliance of changing colors across Millennium Park. When I was teaching, I'd memorize the green-red-yellow colors of fall, thinking I may not notice seasonal changes again until Christmas break. Now, in retirement, I can bask in the color changes …
Ordering Caring Lessons
Make check payable to: Trinity Christian College (On the memo line, write "Book/Roelofs Freshman Nursing Scholarship”) In the amount of $16.50 ($13.99 per book, plus $2.51 S/H) Mail to: Lois Roelofs, PO Box 81574, Chicago, IL 60681 When I receive your check, I will mail your book(s). As you can see, all proceeds from the …
Three weeks ago today…
Caring Lessons arrived in Chicago. Our kitchen bar has been transformed into a mail room; Marv is now my post office runner. And, with my trip to Grand Rapids, MI, last weekend, I've met lots of heartwarming old friends from high school (South Christian) and nurses' training (Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing). Plus new …
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