Tag: random musings
member name: donna f.
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August 04, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
Well, I went and did it. I cashed in a few thousand of my Gather points and splurged on $75.00 worth of Omaha Steak gift certificates. If you have never tried an Omaha steak, I wholly recommend . . .
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April 14, 2006 03:32 PM EDT --
Your Granny's Nurse: Dateline 2027
Life in the Nursing home has changed a great deal since I first started writing this column, way back in aught six. For me, the most major . . .
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June 05, 2006 05:10 PM EDT --
Gun metal gray and sunset crimson
Shades of life
Emotion
Pain, despair
Joy , elation
Swirling, blending
Competing
No singular hue
Hoping in shades of tangerine
For a few . . .
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July 16, 2006 11:27 AM EDT --
OK, I admit it. Readily, Proudly, and without reservations. I am a softy. You don't see many of us these days. Women from my generation forward have been instilled with . . .
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May 04, 2006 06:26 PM EDT --
Being a nurse, dying is part of my everyday life. I see death in many forms. Quick and unexpected, slow and lingering, peaceful, and agonizing. Recognizing the signs of impending death are a learned . . .
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May 16, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
I have to admit that this is not an original poem. I have read this to every Nursing Assistant class I have ever taught.
This was found among the meager belongings of an eighty nine year old, nursing . . .
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April 09, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
"She called me the "F" word" Carol cried, as she exited Mrs. Griner's room. Tears were streaming down her usually rosy cheeks. It was almost expected. Mrs. . . .
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June 04, 2006 12:24 PM EDT --
"The choice is yours, my love." he whispered tenderly into her ear. How she had longed to hear those words.
Years of self denial were now, in an instant, dissolved, as was her will . . .
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July 02, 2006 01:01 PM EDT --
Independence Day Memories
Seven pictures, for those with dial up. Thanks to Bill's Spirit, who was the photographer.
I have always had a sharp sense of patriotism. As a child, I can remember getting . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:20 AM EST --
This was the first piece I published on Gather, thus, it wasn't read by many. I'm reposting to maybe get a little feedback.
This morning, while meandering my way through . . .
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May 01, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
1. I once made out with Gene Simmons of KISS (I was 17, 1975)
2. I am the only child of my parents born in a hospital
3. I detest Nurses that lord their higher education over their . . .
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May 06, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
This is a reprint of the first article I ever posted to Gather, thus, largely unread. I am republishing to perhaps get some feedback
This morning, while meandering my way through the site, I saw a headline . . .
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June 18, 2006 11:48 AM EDT --
-One of my, well, not fondest but most vivid childhood memories involving jello took place one October when I was about ten. My friends and I challenged each other to make the most horrifying "spook . . .
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February 11, 2007 08:18 AM EST --
Today gives me the willies, the creeps, and the heebie-jeebies. By durned, today I am going to change that. For the past thirty five odd years, when February 11 rolls around, everyone in my family . . .
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May 11, 2006 05:29 PM EDT --
Her name was Tillie. She was a feisty old woman whom I had came to know well. She came to "the home" in 1988, following a fractured hip, needing rehabilitation. She had fallen at home, trying . . .
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August 26, 2006 09:01 AM EDT --
My boss , who happens to be a triathalon competetor, sent this to me. This is an amazing story. It made me realize that just about anything is possible, if you put your mind to it. I was so moved, I felt . . .
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March 25, 2006 09:44 AM EST --
Someone commented on my article "Jello- Why I never touch the Stuff", that my knowledge of the culinary seemed like "an obvious life skill". That . . .
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March 03, 2007 09:20 AM EST --
Every so often, every nurse gets a patient who touches her (or his) soul in an unforgettable way. Dave was one of those patients.
I loved that old coot, and even ten years after his death, think . . .
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May 03, 2006 05:04 PM EDT --
31. The first record I ever bought was "Me and Bobbie McGee" by Janis Joplin...the 45rpm
32. I am lefthanded, thus, in my right mind
33. My favorite color is sunrise red. I have yet to see . . .
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May 07, 2006 11:30 AM EDT --
76. I had both my children by Caesarian section
77. After the birth of my first child, I had to be rushed back to the O.R. because I burst eight stitches, watching the premier episode of "Mork and . . .
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