A few months ago, I wrote about looking forward to going back to school. Back to the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults at the University of Chicago. I'd completed three of the four years a few years ago and had a feeling in my bones that I wanted to complete that last year. …
Chicago’s Walnut Room – 2012
Macy's Walnut Room is sparkling ready for your annual family gathering around the tree. They've even rolled out the red carpet for you... and created a store-wide festive atmosphere. There was no line today at the Walnut Room. Wait a few days and you'll be waiting a few hours in line. My first year downtown, …
NaNoWriMo
With several friends starting to write the 50,000 word November novel today, I'm feeling lost and empty. Two years ago, I wrote one and thrived on almost every minute of letting my muse go wild. Two years ago yesterday, while my husband and I were driving back to Chicago from our daughter's out of state, …
Think about writing the November Novel. Only 1667 words a day. For encouragement read Chris's blog posted above. I wrote one a few years ago and some day I will get back to it for revision and edit. It was a lot of fun! Lois
Nursing Reunion Becomes Spiritual Retreat
"If only" runs through my mind as I remember our 50th reunion of a week ago. Twenty-nine of forty classmates (three have died) met at Camp Geneva in Holland, Michigan, from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday morning. Many of us, as proud members of the Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1962, had not …
A time to be born and a time to die…
We buried my nurse-mentor sister on Saturday, and we bury a beloved cousin tomorrow. As I sit at my desk overlooking Chicago's Millennium Park, the trees remind me that fall is a time of changing seasons, when greens turn to red to yellow to brown. And the colors remind me of the changing seasons of …
My sister’s obituary – Kathleen Korthuis, PhD, RN
As I worked on my eulogy last evening, I became more and more impressed with how much Kay, as the oldest of us Hoitenga Sisters, had unassumingly jammed into her life. Enjoy her efforts, efforts she would call modest, with me in her newspaper obituary. Meanwhile, before I attend her services this weekend, I'll be …
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In Memoriam – Kathleen E. Korthuis, PhD, RN, 1934-2012
My sister Kay passed away during the night from lung cancer. Just a month ago, as I sat at her bedside, she told me in that big sister tone, "I'm going to beat this thing." As a nurse and teacher, she was my lifelong career mentor. I mourn her passing in the most gut-level way. …
Continue reading In Memoriam – Kathleen E. Korthuis, PhD, RN, 1934-2012
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