S is for Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files
I stand here by a wall of metal file cabinets—three in a row, four drawers each—a nursing career of memories …
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R is for Review
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge A few months ago, a blogging friend, VJ …
Caring Lessons Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Ten years ago this month, the completed copies of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self arrived in Chicago. …
Writing Workshops: Helpful?
Have you ever had your writing critiqued in a writing workshop? If not, you’d be in for an experience like …
Gratitude Party on Turning Seventy-Eight
When I turned 72, I used this same “gratitude” blog title. Musing over the past year and a half since …
Once a nurse, always a nurse…
Thank you, Joost van Beek and team at Nurse Recruiter, for selecting my blog to be among their top nurse …
Please! No more cancer. Been there, done that.
I had a health scare last week that slapped me, once again, into awareness that I’m alone. I no longer …
Grace Notes #8 – Marv’s TANA Pledge: An End of Life Vision
Last week, when the “foreverness” of my loss threatened to plunk me down, I received an uplifting reminder of Marv’s …
Grace Notes #5 – Outrageous
At book club last week, we finished Joan Chittister’s The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. Many things in the …
God’s Grace #21: Transition
My husband, Marv, took his last breath around four yesterday morning, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Even though heavily medicated he …
