Tag Archives: quality of life

FMM 8 7 2026 Get it Together!

August 7, 2026 · by · in Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational · Leave a comment

“We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.” ~ Isabel Allende. One of the privileges of being a nurse (or anyone in the health field) is that you are confronted daily with the reality, the fragility of life.  I hadn’t had […]

FMM Take Me Home.

July 18, 2014 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 3 Comments

“If we must die, O let us nobly die, so that our precious blood may not be shed in vain;”~ Claude McKay.  We do not like to talk about death, neither our own nor of those close to us.  It is as if we will jinx ourselves, somehow the grim reaper will be reminded of […]

FMM 5 16 14 Accepting the Inevitable

May 16, 2014 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 3 Comments

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ~ Pablo Neruda Have you ever noticed that we are a society obsessed by outward appearances?  Some fight the aging process with creams, cosmetics and even the knife, willing to endure pain and suffering in order to ‘appear’ younger than their actual age.  […]