Awkward, embarrassed, feeling overly obvious, are the uncomfortable feelings I’ve experienced when standing for something that isn’t what the crowd stands for. As a child, I was taught to keep the peace, agree with and accept others as much as possible. If I hadn’t gotten to know Wisdom (as explained in last blog), standing alone […]

Unique, beautiful and loved, is what the creator says about His created. As I allowed Him to plant this truth deep in my heart, I began to gradually let go of pride and arrogance. It’s not easy to submit to a master unless you know that master loves you unconditionally and has some really beneficial

Freedom, independence, autonomy. As a home health and hospice nurse, I found these aspects of the job to be an attractive fit to my personality and life-style. The Clinical Director assigned patients to each nurse; then the nurse, patient and caregivers formulated a plan of care. Under physician orders, this plan of care identified team

In my years of community nursing, I had the privilege of visiting clients in posh gated communities with beautiful sprawling homes and golf courses. In contrast, I also was honored to enjoy clients in falling down homes often lacking in sanitation, safety and comfort. No matter what the environment, I discovered that the treasure was

I still hate death. The last scene of the human growth and development timeline is often diverse. Some folks, in their last weeks, resemble finger nails clawing a chalk board. How does this look in real time? Unresolved relationships with loved ones and God can cause lots of physical, emotional and spiritual pain for which

Retirement after forty years of a fruitful nursing career is bittersweet. Hospice, community health, geriatrics, medical-surgical and college campus nursing experiences have taught me how to live and die successfully. For that I’m very grateful. Watching how others did or did not care for their physical body, thought life and spiritual condition provided me invaluable

Exhausted and delighted describes my arrival home to Key Largo yesterday, after a lovely but action packed visit to TN. My mind was preoccupied with all the homecoming responsibilities as I stopped to shop at the local grocery store. After paying for my selections, I grabbed the grocery bags out of the cart but neglected

I’m filled with conflicting thoughts of despair and hope in the midst of family illness and trauma, uncertain, violent news reports and uncertain future. Green is sprouting about the tree branches, the red breasted robin and bright blue, bluebird swoops from yard to yard in almost a coordinated dance and the white and pink dogwoods

I’m blessed to live in these beautiful Florida Keys that provide many opportunities to observe the beauty of nature as well as the creative beauty of man. For such a rural area, many are the cultural offerings of arts and crafts, theater, concert series , and sharing of ideas. The writing of this blog allows

Starts February 27th

Completely unaware, five manatees posed for pictures as I found them sleeping, lined up like matchsticks, in the boat basin this past week. These large, gentle, vulnerable creatures appeared to rest without any sense of danger around them. Two weeks ago I experienced the birth of my grand-daughter Grace. All familiar with the events surrounding

Sitting by the horse pasture brought some unwanted self conflict. The day was beautiful and the horses were grazing in a relaxed fashion. Birds were chirping and breezes lightly blowing as I ate my lunch and enjoyed the view. My thoughts went to the 3D/4D ultrasound of my soon to be born grand baby. Her