Years later it would occur to me…

Although went to college for acting, I happened to study at a college that was well known for their nursing graduates.  I recall a moment when I was listening to 2 nursing students speak quietly about a dying man they both were tending to.  As an outsider listening in to the world of nursing, it all sounded pretty horrible [...]

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Prelude to the letters:

“Isn’t she beautiful?”  I would ask my friends when I brought them home to meet my mother.  Always.  Even after I grew up and she was in her 70’s. 
“Isn’t she beautiful?” I would ask them — right in front of her — and she would laugh and shrug it off, and be a little embarrassed [...]

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The disclaimer…

Do You Still Laugh?  Do You Still Sing?
Words and ways to ease your heart when a parent dies.
The disclaimer -
This book is for pleasure and entertainment purposes only.  The author does not claim to be  a counselor or psychologist or spiritual advisor.  The stories are simply an accounting of events as they appeared to be happening [...]

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