Grief at Eighteen Months: Contemplation
“Here I sit by a fire pit at a lovely resort in Arizona contemplating…” Three years ago this month I …
Category Archives: retirement
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 …
Grace Notes #14 – Grief at Six Months
Marv passed away six months and fourteen hours ago. I’m feeling it is time for me to move on. To …
Crossroads Hosts Book Signing of Caring Lessons – Nurses Week, 2018
Crossroads, 1220 W. 41st Street in Sioux Falls, will be hosting a book signing of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey …
God’s Grace #11: Another Hug Tour…
We spent a week on the road, traveling southeast to Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana and visiting several nieces, nephews, and …
God’s Grace #10: Given “Extra” Time
When I was a psychiatric nursing grad student in the 80s, I did a clinical practicum on an oncology unit. …
Eighth Blogging Anniversary
WordPress notified me today that I started this blog eight years ago. I remember the day precisely. I’d just heard …
God’s Grace #9: A Writing Respite
Yesterday, I got excited about writing again while reading an article on the Books page of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. …
God’s Grace #8: On the Lighter Side of Living with Small Cell Lung Cancer
We are having a break now from our relentless focus on the diagnosis of cancer; we are finished with most …
God’s Grace #6: Farewell Hug Tour
At the end of February, Marv asked me to organize a “last hug” tour to family and friends in Grand …
