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FMM 7 8 2022 Rebel Music
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” ~ Plato. When you grow up in the church, you grow up singing. Nothing like a ‘good sing’ to exercise your lungs, make you feel a part […]
FMM 2 14 20 Sing me a Song
“My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.” ~ Ray Charles. The road trips of my early childhood included many a song. My family had a repertoire of songs which distracted and entertained on the long journey which would take us from the city […]
FMM 2 16 18 Keep your head up
“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”~ Martin Luther King, Jr. My nursing education began in a patriarchal era, a time when doctors made unilateral decisions regarding healthcare. The patient did as they were told. Because of course, Doctor knows best. But my education was not limited to […]
FMM 10 27 17 Points of Light
“People find meaning and redemption in the most unusual human connections.”~ Khaled Hosseini. Language is a tricky thing. Even when you think you speak the same language, words may have very different interpretations. People from the English-speaking world have to learn to avoid saying ‘football’ when in America. If you live in the US, although […]
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