päp-ə-ˈnē-kə-ˌlau You may know it more fondly as Pap – like Pap test or Pap smear. Okay, so maybe “fondly” is not the first word that comes to mind when thinking about stirrups, speculums, and cervical scrapings. Unless maybe it... Read More
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1954, Brown vs. the Board of Education desegregated public education in the United... Read More
My heart was racing, the telephone was ringing, the chief nurse, Gertrude Arnest, was saying, “Girls, get into your uniforms at once, This is the real thing!”* Today marks 69 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nurses were instrumental... Read More
I really enjoy teaching. If I wasn’t in my current nursing role, which involves nursing education anyway, I’m pretty sure I’d been in academia. I’m so thankful for the leaders behind me, those pushing me forward so they can lead... Read More
Perhaps I have needed someone to lead me, mentor me, to help me through some difficult moments. Maybe I have been looking for leaders around me more, so I have found more of them. Maybe I have simply been more... Read More
“If you see a frog on a fence post, it got help from someone.” I have no idea to whom to attribute this saying. Maybe it’s a country thing? Nonetheless, it’s true. And sometimes I feel like a frog on... Read More
Thank you. For training for me. For leaving your family for me. For risking your life for me. For defending my freedoms. For defending the freedoms of others. For serving our Country. Thank you.... Read More
It’s hard to believe that women have only had the right to vote for 90 years. This post gives a glimpse into the “Night of Terror” within the women’s suffrage movement, the women who made my voting right possible, the... Read More
It’s really the only thing I can think about right now. All 33 Chilean miners have been rescued. Congratulations, Chile. Congratulations, Miners and families. Of course, now begins rehabilitation – physical and mental. Best wishes to the health care teams... Read More
On my way into work this morning, a man stood near the intersection. His sign read: “Veteran. Homeless. Anything will help.” After reading Same Kind of Different as Me a few years ago and volunteering with Mobile Loaves & Fishes,... Read More