HAPPY NEW YEAR

 Highlights of 2012

  Watching grandsons growgrandsons

                                   

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                 Touring France in spring                               Paris

 

Writers Museum

 

 

 

 

Ireland in fall

   

    

anniversary1                             

Celebrating 46 years  

                                                       

                                                                                                                           Perfecting deep-dish Chicago pizzachicago pizza jan. 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Having my story “Invisible” accepted for publication by “the Examined Life Literary Journal.

 

 

I wish you happiness, health and peace in the New Year.

*Two other nurses contributed to this issue of The Examined Life

 

 

 

By Marianna Crane

After a long career in nursing--I was one of the first certified gerontological nurse practitioners--I am now a writer. My writings center around patients I have had over the years that continue to haunt my memory unless I record their stories. In addition, I write about growing older, confronting ageism, creativity and food. My memoir, "Stories from the Tenth Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers" is available where ever books are sold.

7 comments

  1. Think back to GSU and 1977. We were so mired down in raising our kids and getting advanced nursing degrees that it never entered our minds to ponder the grandchildren, European trips, and publications of our future! Life’s treated us well. Now if we can just keep up with all this fun of aging…

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