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The setting was not a traditional medical environment full of sterile floors and the usual sanitized scents and smells. This nurse was serving her patient in a home with carpet, homemade quilts, photos of family and familiar, healing scents of … Continue reading →

We all have a story.  My greatest privilege is to sit across from someone and hear their story. Whether they are sitting across from me in my office or across a table of pizza sitting at a cute Italian pizza … Continue reading →

The smell and sounds of melting snow. It opens my mind and heart to thoughts of new life and new beginnings.The beauty and view of deep white piles of snow will soon melt replaced by images of grass and flowers … Continue reading →

After one year and 11 months of waiting we finally developed the long awaited symptoms that seemed like the flu or a cold until the loss of sense of smell recognizing the tell-tale sign of the Corona Virus. I may … Continue reading →

This November 5th morning I chose her tea cup.  I still clearly see her sipping on this cup – a part of her pretty ‘antique’ set that she grew old with.   As I start this day I honor the … Continue reading →

In so many movies I become the main character or at the very least I bond with the emotion or struggles of the heroin. Tonight I travelled on the screen to China to live alongside Mulan. I loved witnessing the … Continue reading →

Let me introduce myself though I have a vague memory that we have met before… I go by many names and have a variety of wonderful purposes in the lives of the broken, hurting as well as the supposedly happy. … Continue reading →

How long has it been since your greatest trauma or tragedy occurred? Mine was 20 years ago. Exactly 20 years ago today I was 2 days from getting that middle of the night phone call waking me out of a … Continue reading →

It was nearly Christmas 1963 when one mother received a call confirming their foster home was able and willing to take in an almost 12 month old girl and her 4 year old brother while another mother was attempting to … Continue reading →

In 4 days  it will be 2 years exactly since we traveled to witness a beautiful  wedding in India. We stood on a train station platform not aware we were almost missing our train yet the most profound and painful memory … Continue reading →