The love of our neighbor and all its form simply means being able to say to him: "What are you going through?" It is a recognition that the sufferer exists, not only as a unit in a collection, or a specimen from the social category labeled "unfortunate," but as a man, exactly like us, who … Continue reading What Are You Going Through?: On Paying Attention
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Learning to Die
All my life I have been surrounded by things I'd rather not know too much about, so I have come to feel that truth made naked without purpose is really a wanton. The Kraken Wakes, John Wyndham Since we're all going to die some day, we might consider imagining as sooner than too late imagine … Continue reading Learning to Die
An American Drive To Escape
Late into his sensitive essay about American literature, Wendell Berry describes an escapism fault line that he thinks betrays the integrity of Huckleberry Finn's ending. After re-reading Finn and considering Berry's point, I thought some more about all the American literature I've read and still read. An American impulse of escape certainly ends Mark Twain's … Continue reading An American Drive To Escape
Emails, TVs and Cell Phones, Oh My!
Everyone likes a responsive nurse. After every visit, managers argue, field clinicians should read their emails and respond to those meant for us. I tend not to take this advice. I too like prompt service -- for take-away coffee, for pharmacy orders. But when standing in front of the coffee queue, they see me; or … Continue reading Emails, TVs and Cell Phones, Oh My!
Hospice Nursing 1 Day at a Time 