Category: Short Stories
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Pearls of wisdom from the elderly I often hear people talking about the elderly generation as a burden. I watch as families drop off their mothers and fathers at the long-term care facility and never look back. It is as…
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When we are young in life there is often times a way in which we think it should function. We think there should be order and a proper way in which people should function. I was taught that there was…
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John 3:8 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” How do you feel when you…
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Being in long-term care is a calling. It is a thankless job with a lot of negativity involved in daily interactions. Families guilt for not being able to care for their loved one is a cause of this negativity. Along…
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Volume 5 Time had passed and everything started feeling like it made sense. I really could be a nurse, I thought. People were a bit friendlier, but the nurse ratchet was still a bitty. I tried to use charm, humor…
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Letter 4 It was my second day on the job in this nursing home. After the first day I was nervous. After all I had the first encounter with the sick and elderly. I faced the reality that one day…