First, thanks for your generous responses to my new focus on dying on my blog. I wish I could write everyday. But as every adventure should be, this one is full of surprises. What may have seemed like fun one day is a total dud the next. I hope to address a topic tonight that …
Tag: Mental health
Adventure on Holy Ground #2
I've been home from the hospital since last Thursday, but I'm been awake only a fraction of that time Both the palliative care nurses and nurse friends impressed on me the importance of pain management, so being the good little do-be that I am I've taken my med every four hours, followed immediately by an …
Dear Wannabe Facebook Friends:
I apologize for being negligent in responding to all of you. For weeks now, no months, you have urgently showed up in my Friend box asking me to be your Friend. Now, whatever photos you may have seen of me, might make me look like I need Friends, and perhaps that’s why you landed on …
Psalm 71 – a comfort for older folks
I recorded my reading of this Psalm for my church's website. My hope is that it may be a blessing to you as much as it's been to me in these uncertain times. Click below: http://www.youtube.com/watch
Mental Illness Awareness Week – 2017
Take a minute this week to pray for those who are living with a mental illness. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in four adults--approximately 60 million Americans--experiences a mental health disorder in a given year, so we don't have to look far. Last Sunday, I attended the 25th Annual Candlelight …
Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #13 – More about Mental Ilness
Chynna Laird gets it. She understands my passion for nursing and mental health nursing. In fact, it is her passion to help children and families living with special needs, "especially those living with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and bipolar disorder." Chynna is the tour host today for Caring Lessons. I can tell she "gets it" …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #12 – Changing Minds about Mental Ilness
"Changing Minds about Mental Illness" is a topic close to my heart. For a few reasons why, read my guest post on this tour's site today. Also, please read this short essay to find out what you can do to help individuals living with mental illness and their families. If you're a writer and interested …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #9 / Ten Things I Learned on My Way to Market
Are you almost finished writing your book? Are you dreading the thought of marketing? Do you need tips to save your sanity about how to handle your tub-full of books when they arrive? I'm not the little piggie that went to market, but I am the piggie that stayed home and planned, down to minute …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #8 – Giveaway Copies
Are you an empty nester? Are you trying to lose weight? These are just a few of the fun things that Pam Lofton, the host of this blog tour, writes about on her blog, Empty Nest. Her review of Caring Lessons nails what my friend Marianna and I were hoping when we began writing our …
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Caring Lessons / WOW Blog Tour – Stop #7 / Ten Tips to Finish Your Book
Are you almost ready to finish writing your book? I compiled ten tips that helped me finish Caring Lessons. Check them out on Julie Lindsey's blog, Musings From the Slushpile, the seventh stop on the author blog tour for Caring Lessons. Plan ahead. Think about gifts for those special nurses in your life. National Nurses …
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