Archive for the ‘Looking Back’ Category

• A Stop along a Nurse’s Journey

  Thursday, September 16th, 2010

  MY career in nursing has taken many twist and turns. Some stops are as vivid today as the day they happened and many increased my knowledge in nursing. Others thought me life lessons which helped me in all areas of my life. As a nineteen year old student nurse, I was assigned to a patient [...]

• Some days just make you smile

  Sunday, August 8th, 2010

  Living in this time of economic instability and shooting of innocent people, we need a day that puts a smile on our faces. I had such a day recently. It may not be important to anyone else but me but thought I would share it with you.   Being over sixty, most of the people [...]

• Social networking brings me an unexpected gift

  Thursday, February 25th, 2010

  Retirement and a chronic illness has left me searching for an alternative method for renewing friendships or forming new ones. This last month I have renewed a friendship with a young woman who was an integral part of my youth. I became a member of Classmate.com on a whim. I got a shock as I [...]

• My look Back at 2009

  Thursday, December 31st, 2009

  I am going to take a last look at some of the events of 2009 that have affected me. As an African American, I have to first and foremost mention the election of a Black man, Barack Obama, to the world’s most prestiges position, as president of these United States of America. I, like most [...]

• Looking back

  Saturday, September 5th, 2009

  I guess as we live longer we forget things and I am guilty of this. I meant to write an anniversary post last month but with somethings going on in my life I just forgot. Looking back over the year that I have been blogging it has been times of frustration, pride, and joy. I [...]