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| '"Destruction": junk mail collage. |
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Caring Nurses Help End-of-Life Patients Fulfill Wedding Dreams by Arranging Hospital Ceremonies
Natasha Steels-Webb, a critical outreach nurse practitioner, and her colleagues at the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in England came up with the idea to create wedding boxes, offering patients the opportunity to say "I do" in the hospital.
"Myself and a colleague decided to create the wedding box after a patient we were caring for had become very unwell and it was clear she was not going to recover," Steels-Webb said in a post on the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust's website.
After rallying together and pulling off that patient's nuptials, the
hospital staff was inspired to grant even more wedding wishes — and
elevate the experience. "We felt that we could do something to make future weddings even more
special with decorative items, artificial flowers and balloons on
standby for such an event," Steels-Webb explained.
community for help. Following a social media appeal, donations poured
in. community for help. Following a social media appeal, donations poured
in.
Day 194: Boarding school at 8?
2/4/2013
into Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy.
An all girls Pasadena boarding school on top of a mountain.
It had been a luxury hotel until the depression, when
the church bought it and converted it into a school.
1952 ... from the Timeline series
At age 11 my Mom and I moved to Australia.
But that's another story.
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| from the Timeline series |
An only child, my parents divorced when I was five.
I knew they both loved me.
We all just did the best we could.
Mom worked at night, so at age 8, I went to boarding school.
First, to San Marino School for Girls.
The lady my Mom worked for, was able to get me accepted I knew they both loved me.
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| from the Timeline series I went to public schools in second and part of third grade. |
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| front row, left ... from the Timeline series |
Mom worked at night, so at age 8, I went to boarding school.
First, to San Marino School for Girls.
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| front row, 4th from left ... from the Timeline series |
into Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy.
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| a vintage postcard from that time |
An all girls Pasadena boarding school on top of a mountain.
It had been a luxury hotel until the depression, when
the church bought it and converted it into a school.
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| our room was bottom center, yellow dot |
My roommate, DeDe and I had our own room,
bathroom and once a week cleaning service.
The Dominican nuns were strict but fair.
My hero was Sister Benigna.
We wore uniforms, grey blazer, while blouse and
plaid pleated skirt, but dressed for dinner each evening.
We ate in a huge dining hall.
DeDe and many of the girls stayed all the time.
I got to go home on weekends. DeDe came too.
I have many good memories from my years there.
But, it was boarding school, age 8 - 11.
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At age 11 my Mom and I moved to Australia.
But that's another story.
Just because ...
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| Lake Manyara Kingfisher |
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8 comments:
Great blog. Great memories. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
What a lovely post Jacki. Thank you. Beautiful collage too.
I loved to hear about your boarding school time and see so many pictures. Thanks Jacki, for sharing your memories with us.
Thanks you, Anonymous?
Thank you Lynn, take good care.
Thanks Elenor, seems like another lifetime ago, but it was an interesting chapter.
Thanks so much, Irene, your kind words help me more than I can explain. It seems like the stories are the favorites, but I worry that it to much "ME?"
I love how the negative space becomes the positive space in this piece. :-)
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