Many thanks to Elizabeth Triezenberg, MSN, RN, CNL at Trinity Health for the following endorsement of Caring Lessons that arrived today. And thanks to the entire group of nurses at Trinity Health who have purchased and read Caring Lessons. I appreciate the support of each one of you and wish you every success on your …
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It's time to tell you that my “skip sugar” resolution for the month of December paid off. Three pounds lost. Try it. You may find a little thing—a no candy, cake, pie, or cookie deal—could work for you. However, all is not well. At my yearly physical last week, my doctor told me, even if …
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At tonight's Taize style service at our church, we sang several simple songs repetitively. The following song felt particularly appropriate as a prayer for the New Year. O Lord, hear my prayer, O Lord, hear my prayer. When I call answer me. O Lord, hear my prayer, O Lord, hear my prayer. Come and listen …
wrote Robin Jennings on ElderChicks recently. A former teacher, she has no time to sit in the rocking chair given to her when she retired. Rather than face a classroom each day, she now sees herself as her own classroom. As a retired teacher myself, I loved the way she phrased this stage of her …
Well. A few of you have held me accountable this past week by asking how the no sugar deal is going. Fine, thank you! Marv is loving every piece of the pie he bought last week, and he doesn't have to worry about me inhaling every sweet he brought home from his office Christmas party. …
Thou shalt know him when he comes, not by any din of drums, nor by the vintage of his airs, nor by anything he wears, neither by his gown, nor his crown. For his presence known shall be by the holy harmony that his coming makes in thee. Anonymous 15th Century Source: Bulletin cover, Fourth …
Walking past a Fannie May shop this morning, I remembered those days when Pixies™, eggnog creams, and chocolate covered cherries covered the counters of nurses’ stations at Christmas. So, I want to challenge you, especially nurses, to skip the candy, in fact, to skip sugar altogether, over the holidays. But, you say, there are too …
I have to share some happy news! In 1983, we moved from one Chicago suburb to another to be near my new teaching position at Trinity Christian College. Our kids went to high school down the street. By 1994, Marv and I found ourselves empty nested, but continued to live in our home until 2005. …
I think I caught the infection I mentioned on my 11/29 blog post on this same topic. If so, that would be a good thing. Infections are normally unpleasant. They can be contagious. They can keep you home from work. But the infection that I hope I caught is a contagion that many of us …
With the IV drip rate post of the other day, it's been fun going down the memory lane of nursing with you. As I'm working at my desk this morning, taking a breather before getting frosted in Chicago's cold, I decided it was time for an audio post update from Caring Lessons. Take a minute …
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