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Creating a Circle of Healing and Support
I have long held the belief, both personally and professionally, that there is a healing power in holding a person in one's thoughts whether you are saying prayers or giving blessings or lighting candles. This belief in holding a person in your thoug...
8/15 - Encouraging Message - Learning from Challenges
I have always grownfrom my problems and challenges.From the things that don't work out,that's when I've really learned.Carol BurnettComedians often turn to comedy as a way of coping with their life challenges and hardships. Carol Burnett has faced ma...
8/5 - Encouraging Message - The True Rewards of Saving NICU Babies
Today's message of encouragement quote comes from NICU Nurse, Marcia Kilpatrick.There is no black and whitehere in the intensive care nursery.Go aheadand spit out your dismal statistics,but the real truthis in the toothless smile of the babyanyone el...
7/29 - Encouraging Message - NICU Parents and Families are True Heros
...a hero is an ordinary individualwho finds the strengthto persevere and endurein spite of overwhelming obstacles.They are the real heroes,and so are the families and friendswho have stood by them.Christopher Reeve1952 - 2004NICU Parents are the Rea...
Teaching Students to Write Stories out of NICU Experiences and Devastation
I have always been a believer in learning from the losses and the challenges that one faces in life and then using those experiences to help others facing similar crises, but are earlier in the process.Kate Hopper has taken her own experiences as a N...
7/23 - Comforting Message - Struggling for Your Dreams
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats.No one can avoid them.But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams,Than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for. Paulo CoelhoNICU Strug...
The Distress of the NICU Parent - Each Person Only knows Their Own Pain
There is an expression about not judging a person unless you have walked a mile in his or her shoes. I think this is much the same when trying to understand the grief and pain felt by a NICU parent when trying to make the best decisions for their NIC...
