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    • Welcome readers!
    • Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae – Nursing (1958-2000)
    • Resume – Writing (2000-Current)
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    • Excerpts from Caring Lessons
      • Chapter 1 – Sweet Little Hoitie
      • Chapter 2 – A Matter of Attitude
      • Chapter 3 – Shift Work
      • Chapter 4 – Rotten Potatoes
      • Chapter 5 – Running Away
      • Chapter 6 – Time-out
      • Chapter 7 – Finding a Friend
      • Chapter 8 – Diploma Mentality
      • Chapter 9 – Breaking the Mold
      • Chapter 10 – Bluffing It
      • Chapter 11 – Meeting Sadie
      • Chapter 12 – Cleaning House
      • Chapter 13 – Liverwurst
      • Chapter 14 – Oscar Mayer Weiner
      • Chapter 15 – Cogito Ergo Sum
      • Chapter 16 – First Shots
      • Chapter 17 – Nothing Physical
      • Chapter 18 – Fancy Title
      • Chapter 19 – No Surprises, Be Legal
      • Chapter 20 – Sister Mary Holy Water
      • Chapter 21 – Getting Organized
      • Chapter 22 – Sadie Tomczyk
      • Chapter 23 — Going Back
      • Chapter 24 — Things I Tried
      • Chapter 25 — Storms of Illness
      • Chapter 26 — Cancer
      • Chapter 27 — Trusting God
      • Chapter 28 — On My Way
    • Reviews of Caring Lessons
      • Endorsements
      • Nursing Program Recommendation
      • Professional Reviews
      • Readers’ Responses
      • Speaking Recommendations
  • Marv Taking Charge
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  • Stories
    • An American at a Russian Bliny Tasting Party
    • Iowa Summer Writing Festival – Personal Essay
    • Thoughts on False vs True Selves on a Snowy Day in Chicago
    • Waters of Bethesda
    • Graduation Water
    • Iowa Summer Writing Festival – Rant
    • Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files
    • Two Nurses’ Karaoke Debut

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S is for Saying Farewell to My Nursing Files

April 22, 2021

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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Nostalgia for Nursing

February 13, 2017

Oh no. That was bad. After being happily retired from nursing for nearly seventeen years, I had a severe attack …

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Aging in Chicago: A New Adventure for Fall 2014

August 25, 2014

“Listen actively with respect,” said the speaker, adding “Be succinct and to the point.” Last week, I attended this orientation …

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A Nurses Week Tribute to My Sister Kathleen (Kay) Elizabeth Korthuis, PhD, RN,1934-2012

May 15, 2014

I remember: You blaming me for your hips being uneven, ha ha, because you had to carry me around when …

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Memoir as Triologue

May 7, 2014

I’d never heard of memoir as triologue before I attended the Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College a …

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Metaphor as Mystery

April 24, 2014

Sometimes I get weird questions from people when it comes up that I underline a lot when I’m reading a …

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Christ as Cheerleader

April 17, 2014

Imagine sitting next to your sister (or anyone), turning to look her in the eye, and saying, for the first …

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You are loved by Christ…

April 15, 2014

was my powerful takeaway last week from attending the three-day Faith & Writing Festival at Calvin College. Imagine attending sixteen …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #3

March 14, 2012

Today’s author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Jerri Ann Reason, a dynamic mom who brings all sorts …

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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #2 / Tribute to Pepper Furey

March 13, 2012

Today, Caring Lessons is reviewed by Mason Canyon on  her blog, Thoughts in Progress. Read her review here. My guest …

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(For personal contact or to purchase my nursing career memoir, Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor’s Journey of Faith and Self, you may write me at caringlessons@gmail.com. All proceeds go to the Trinity Alumni Nursing Association at Trinity Christian College.)

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