Sitting at this delightful coffeehouse in South Haven, Michigan, is a memory I want to commit to the page. The door is open with fans circulating the warmish air. Another place where I stopped was so cold from the A/C that I simply couldn't stay. I've hung out here in other years when I've come …
Continue reading Dr. David Fletcher’s Review of “Marv Taking Charge” – In Appreciation
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge A few months ago, a blogging friend, VJ Knutson from Canada, asked for a copy of my nursing memoir. I was elated. Caring Lessons was published over 10 years ago, and it's rare I get asked for a copy anymore. I so appreciated …
Imagine sitting next to your sister (or anyone), turning to look her in the eye, and saying, for the first time, “You are loved by Christ.” Last week, I did just that while attending the session of Sharon Garlough Brown, pastor and spiritual director, at the Festival of Faith & Writing. Not only that, but …
was my powerful takeaway last week from attending the three-day Faith & Writing Festival at Calvin College. Imagine attending sixteen one-hour sessions, plus two chapels, with speakers whose intentions were to explore the intersection of faith and writing. Consider it an immersion camp on a rolling green campus where newbies quickly learn to shed dress …
If you have a loved one living with either one of these illnesses and would like to understand them better, then Ka Hancock’s Dancing on Broken Glass is a compelling, informative read. Hancock, as a nurse in the clinical specialty of psychiatry, dives into the minds of Mickey and Lucy as they forge a life …
Continue reading Living with Bipolar Illness or Breast Cancer
I'm happy to present a recent Amazon review of Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self by Mary A. Osborne, nurse and author of Nonna's Book of Fiction, titled A Purpose Driven Life: It is an act of bravery to reveal one's life story in detail, to express one's struggles and fears …
Continue reading Review of Caring Lessons by Mary A. Osborne, Nurse and Author
What were you doing when you were fourteen? Planning a wedding? I thought not. When I was fourteen, I was in the ninth grade and just beginning to get interested in boys. Living near a grove dense with pine trees, my neighbor friends and I would nestle down on a carpet of pine needles and …
Continue reading Review: Mary Osborne’s “Nonna’s Book of Mysteries”
Today's author blog tour stop for Caring Lessons is with Jerri Ann Reason, a dynamic mom who brings all sorts of pertinent information to her readers on her "mom-e-centric" blog. She asked that I write a guest post about when I was a mom of young kids.The title is "Keeping Your ME While Being a …
Today, Caring Lessons is reviewed by Mason Canyon on her blog, Thoughts in Progress. Read her review here. My guest post for this blogger is about the importance of belonging to a writing group. It is most fitting for me to share with you now that one member of our group, Pepper Furey, passed away …
Continue reading Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #2 / Tribute to Pepper Furey
I'm thrilled to tell you that Jodi Webb at WOW-Women on Writing has launched my blog tour for Caring Lessons. Read about it here. WOW! Nice work, Jodi! Thank you! Plan ahead. National Nurses Week is just around the corner, May 6-12. It's gift time! Buy a copy of Caring Lessons and help promote and …
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