Archive for the ‘My Journey’ Category

• There were some sour notes

  Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

  My only brother is almost six years my junior so I thought of him as my living baby doll while growing up. By the time I left home we had not formed a grown up relationship. This was to come later. Whenever we have time to talk I love to hear about his years on [...]

• American dream gone horribly wrong

  Sunday, October 10th, 2010

  As a product of the 40’s and 50’s, the mantra was work hard and you could achieve the dream of a good job and a home of your own. Well I went to work and got education as a professional nurse. I spent over forty years at my craft. I married and my then husband [...]

• 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 [...]

• Lack of Hospitality leaves me with a bad taste

  Monday, September 6th, 2010

  As a child we did not eat out. Mothers filled the table with dishes that made your mouth water just to think about them. Once grown up with my own family, dinning out became a treat. I also liked to get dressed up and take my well behaved children out to learn social graces. We [...]

• I am totally confused

  Sunday, September 5th, 2010

  My calendar, newspaper and television are telling me it’s the Labor Day weekend. Labor Day, that holiday dedicated to the American worker for their contribution to the country with their hard work. It evolved into the official end of summer announcing the return to school and the beginning of fall. Folks I am very confused [...]