Tag: Nursing Stories

Instant Friend

  We were standing in the same aisle in the gift shop at the Natural Science Museum in Raleigh. She was about my age with two preteen girls pulling at her arms begging her to buy trinkets that were overflowing in their hands. She looked at me and rolled her eyes. “They grow up too…… Continue reading Instant Friend

Holding on to the Clothes I Love

I’m wearing my favorite old T-shirt today. Although it’s dark navy, it’s comfortable in our current humid and hot North Carolina summer. A picture of Louis Sullivan, a Chicago architect, sits across my chest and under his picture is a script: Form Follows Function. I love the material. It’s gauzy but not too light. It’s…… Continue reading Holding on to the Clothes I Love

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: G

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable G is for The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully I was given this book a few years ago by a friend and fellow writer who happens to be my age. Once when the heavy load of aging troubled me, she thoughtfully gifted me this book.  It’s…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: G

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: F

Aging: The good, the bad, and the Tolerable F is for Friends On our weekly Zoom meeting, Lois is recounting all the things that have gone wrong with her day. It’s pathetic. She is seriously outlining the details until she looks up at the screen and sees me with my hand over my mouth to…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: F

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: E

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable E is for Exercise I follow the blog: Better Health While Aging by Leslie Kernisan, MD MPH. Her blog is a common sense, understandable, practical guide about aging well for both the elderly and their caregivers. Exercise is important. It can mean the difference between remaining independent…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: E

Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: D

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable D is for Death I believe that ageism is intertwined with our cultures’ avoidance with dealing with death. Which is why aging has a bad rap. Older people serve as a symbol of the eventual ending of life. As a new gerontological nurse practitioner who worked with…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: D

Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: C

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable C is for Classes As a retirement present when I left the Veterans Hospital in Durham, NC, I received a gift certificate for a couple of writing classes. My fellow nurses understood that one of my goals in retirement was to write—and be published. The first class…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: C

Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge:B

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Blue Zones The “Blue Zones” are geographical areas where an overwhelming number of residents live into their 100s.  The book: The Blue Zones: Nine Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest is in its second printing and the documentary had a limited engagement…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge:B

Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: A

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable I’ve taken care of older patients most of my 40 years in the nursing profession, the last 20 of those years as a nurse practitioner in direct patient care. It wasn’t until I entered my 80s that I realized most of what I knew, or thought I…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: A