Category Fiction

FMM 2 2 2024 Community Health

February 2, 2024 · by · in Fiction, Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational · Leave a comment

‘Lean on me, when you’re not strong, and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on…For it won’t be long, ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.’ ~ Bill Withers. My professional introduction to mental health began in nursing school.  I was assigned to an inpatient facility which was housed in a beautiful […]

FMM 4 22 16 Scratching the Surface

April 22, 2016 · by · in Fiction, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“I am not what you supposed me, but far different”~Walt Whitman.  I was introduced recently to an author who at one time answered ‘Dear Sugar’ letters, an advice column on a wide variety of stressful topics.  The author responded to questions about love, life, anxiety, hopelessness and much more by telling stories from her own […]